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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3646675" data-attributes="member: 5412">Timing is critical. I've seen a flywheel half moon sheer key with just a kink in it that prevented starting. Replace the half moon key and it runs like a top.Great story......I was at the small engine counter at the local auto store years ago waiting on the person to get some parts ran down. A lady came in with a paper towel in her hand that she unwrapped showing a sheared half moon key. She said her husband sent her to the store for a replacement just like this one. The keys typically come in a pack of two or three, and the counter guy put the package down saying here you are. She protested saying her husband sent her to pick up one just like this one, pointing at her sheared key. I need a two piece just like this one she said. All I could do was spin around on the stool at the counter and hear what the counter guy had to say.  He did well keeping a straight face and explaining why she needed the key that wasn't two piece.</blockquote>