Skip to main content

Toro 20340

Handles and controls for the Toro 20340

Short answer

Traction Assist Handle 131-4590 in both of the five ranges we opened. Across those two the handle holds while the maintenance kit changes.

Verified options

What we have verified

Handles and controls recorded for the Toro 20340
PartSerial rangeStatus
131-4590Traction Assist HandleAllConfirmed fit

What decides it

The numbers that matter here

Serial range

Same handle in both ranges we opened

The maintenance kit changes across the same boundary. One part moving does not mean the others do.

Across models

The 20334 lists 108-8120 or 131-4590; the 21472 lists 144-6377

Three Recyclers, three numbers. Toro does not state that any substitutes for another.

Ranges we have not opened

Three of five

If your serial number is outside the two we checked, go to Toro’s listing for your own range.

In detail

Choosing handles and controls for this mower

Toro lists 131-4590, the Traction Assist Handle, for the 20340 in both of the ranges we opened. It is the same part either side of the boundary where the engine maintenance kit changes from 20234 to 130-8148.

That combination — one part moving, another staying — is the reason this site records fitment per part per range rather than per machine. Knowing that your 20340 falls in the later range tells you which kit to buy and tells you nothing new about the handle.

Worth knowing if you are looking across models: this is not the only traction-assist number Toro uses on its Recyclers. The 20334 lists a kit, 108-8120, for its earliest range and this same handle for its later ones. The all-wheel-drive 21472 lists a third number, 144-6377, in both ranges we opened. Toro publishes no contents list for any of the kits and does not state that any of the three substitutes for another, so order the number listed for your own machine and serial range.

We opened two of the five ranges Toro publishes for this model.

The mistake we see most

Searching "Toro Personal Pace traction assist" and buying the first result, when three Recycler models list three different numbers.

Method

How we established this

We recorded the traction-assist part shown on Toro’s parts listings for model 20340 under both ranges we opened, then compared the numbers against the listings we had opened for the 20334 and the 21472.

Same machine

Other parts we have verified for the Toro 20340

Other machines

Handles and controls on the other mowers we cover

The answer is not the same on every machine, which is the point of checking rather than assuming.

Provenance

Sources

Last verified against these sources on August 18, 2026.

  1. 1

    Parts — 22in Recycler Lawn Mower with SmartStow, model 20340, serial range 316000001–316999999

    The Toro Company · Primary source · Accessed August 16, 2026

    Toro’s official parts listing for this model and serial range. Lists 59534P (22 Inch Recycler Blade) and 20234 (Engine Maintenance Kit for Briggs & Stratton Engine).

  2. 2

    Parts — 22in Recycler Lawn Mower with SmartStow, model 20340, serial range 400000000–401499999

    The Toro Company · Primary source · Accessed August 16, 2026

    Toro’s official parts listing for the later serial range of the same model number. Lists 59534P and 130-8148 (Briggs & Stratton EXi Engine Maintenance Kit Replacement) — note the maintenance kit differs from the earlier range.

  3. 3

    Parts — 22" Personal Pace Electric Start Mower, model 20334, serial range 315000001–315999999

    The Toro Company · Primary source · Accessed August 17, 2026

    Toro’s official parts listing for the earliest of the three ranges we verified. Lists 20234 (Engine Maintenance Kit for Briggs & Stratton Engine) and 108-8120 (TRACTION ASSIST KIT [PPG2]). Also lists 38991, 59534P, 59502, 59503 and 490-7462. The range selector on this page names thirteen further serial ranges for the same model number.

  4. 4

    Parts — 22" Personal Pace Electric Start Mower, model 20334, serial range 316000001–316999999

    The Toro Company · Primary source · Accessed August 17, 2026

    The next published range. Lists 130-8148 (Briggs & Stratton EXi Engine Maintenance Kit Replacement) and 131-4590 (Traction Assist Handle) where the previous range listed 20234 and 108-8120. Still lists 59502; 137-4833P does not appear.

  5. 5

    Parts — 22in Recycler All Wheel Drive, model 21472, serial range 400000000–408899999

    The Toro Company · Primary source · Accessed August 17, 2026

    Earliest published range. Lists blade 59534P, 130-8148, 144-6377 (Toro Traction Assist Handle Kit for Recycler Lawn Mower), and both 139-6556 (Chute Assembly) and 147-8696 (ASM-CHUTE, SD) together.