Normal RH threads - left to loosen. Turn the mower up on it's side with the carburetor side high, oil drain low. Disconnect and ground out the spark plug connector wire. Turn the blade straight up and down. Put a piece of 2x4 on the leading edge of the lower blade end and stand on it. Put your wrench or ratchet on the bolt head with the handle to the left so you can use your weight on it. It should loosen.

Sure! I enjoy ”engineer” jokes, and Aggie jokes(I are one). But building a machine that requires extensive disassembly to perform basic maintenance does not result in an enduring product (as this discontinued item demonstrates). My Super Recycler with its aluminum hull is beautiful and I’ve had it for many years. But I’m kinda unlikely to purchase another Toro because it is a time-hog to maintain. No offense, and I like Houzz comraderie, but Torx “fasteners” are not involved in belt/guard R&R. The fact that Toro use both Torx and square-drive screws on the same part is only the beginning. To R&R a Toro Super Recycler (TSR) drive belt requires removal of blade & wings, engine-pulley, engine-belt pulley, engine-belt-pulley guard, battery removal, battery-box removal, mower debris guard removal, molded plastic rear-bag adapter, pulley-tunnel guard, and transmission-belt pulley guard. With a SINGLE design change, two-thirds of those items would be unnecessary! It’s not a case of ”bad” design… just an example of the difference between “basic” design and “great” design. If this maintenance task had been examined before production, it would have been obvious that a very small shift in the aluminum mower deck mold (less than 0.2 inches) would allow the TSR transmission to rotate a full 180 degrees (actually 360 if you needed to). This one ”attention to maintainability” item would reduce blade change time to less than 15 minutes… simultaneously reducing maintenance-induced stress, wear, and failure on all of the components that were R&R’d for no reason other than accessing the belt. I didn’t start out as an engineer… I was an A&P mechanic on C-5A aircraft. In Vietnam over 250 lives were lost when a “Baby Lift” evacuation plane crashed when the rear cargo door locks failed. We found that the door locks had a 34-cent bushing within a 34-part assembly would fail ( 34 & 34) is how I remember it so many years later. Replacing the bushing required near-complete disassembly of all 7 locks (one side of the cargo ramp) and a three hour ”rigging” of the lock hooks. I learned many things in maintenance; but my C-5 experience convinced me that I needed to be an engineer. Have a great day and if you ever have the ”pleasure” of ACTUALLY changing the belt on a TSR… I wish you patience and agile fingers.

Hi guys my name is Joe, actually I have a 1 year old toro 22" 149cc. First time using my mower this year after the winter season, I was cutting my lawn last week and suddenly my mower stopped... so I said what the heck I just bought this mower last year and something wrong already. So I tried and tried no response. Next day I brought my mower to a repair shop, and the guy said your mower needs a tune up. Then I ask the guy how much? He said 120 cash, I ask him if I he can do it for $80 he said no. I said its ok then and I left. On the way home I went to canadian tire and bought gas or fluid stabilizer and carbon cleaner and add it right away on the fuel left on the mower so when I get home it already mixed up. When I get home I remove the spark plug then sand it with 80 grit sanding paper and open the spark plug contact a little bit. Then I grab my small compressor and blow the spark plug and the hole were you put the spark plug in, and the spark plug cable. Then put everything together and pulled the string, guess what 1st try my mower start... I wish this thing will help you and excuse me for my grammar my English is not that good. Thanks

'What's different about the Super Bagger over the Super Recycler other than the engine and speed?' Everything. It's a different mower that Toro first fielded under the Lawn-Boy marque as the 'Insight' series. The Super Bagger a few years ago was the LB 10791. Toro just changed the paint colors and made it the Super Bagger. Very good mowers, with the top of the line being the commercial version. The Toro is the 22156. The corresponding LB was the 22271. In the above quote, what did you mean by 'speed'?