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Toro 21472

Handles and controls for the Toro 21472

Short answer

Toro lists 144-6377, the Toro Traction Assist Handle Kit for Recycler Lawn Mower, for the 21472 in all seven of its runs. It is a different number from either of the two the 20334 lists.

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What we have verified

What decides it

The numbers that matter here

Your model number

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

Three Recyclers, three numbers. Toro does not state that any of them substitutes for another, so order the one listed for your machine.

Your serial range

Same part in all seven runs

On this machine the traction assist number does not move, unlike on the 20334 where it changes at the 315→316 boundary.

The blade does not distinguish them

All three machines list 59534P

Three different drive layouts, one blade number. Identifying your machine by what the deck looks like will not tell you which traction assist part Toro lists for it.

Kit contents

Not on 144-6377’s own product page

We cannot tell you whether an individual component can be bought separately. A dealer can.

In detail

Choosing handles and controls for this mower

Three Toro Recycler mowers on this site carry three different part numbers with "traction assist" in the name, and Toro says nothing about whether any of them substitutes for another.

The 20334 lists TRACTION ASSIST KIT [PPG2] 108-8120 for its first eight runs and Traction Assist Handle 131-4590 for its last six. The all-wheel-drive 21472 lists neither. In all seven runs we opened it shows 144-6377.

What makes this worth a page is where the numbers differ and where they do not. These three machines have three different drive layouts — the 21472 all four wheels, the 20334 the rear pair, the 20339 the front pair — and Toro lists the same blade for all of them, 59534P. The traction assist number is where they diverge. Whether the drive layout is the reason, Toro does not say, and we are not going to fill that in.

144-6377’s own product page carries a sentence of promotional description and no component list at all, so we cannot tell you what is in the box — only that this is the number Toro lists for your machine, in every one of its runs. If you are replacing one broken piece rather than a whole kit, a dealer can tell you whether the kit is the only way to buy it. We cannot.

The mistake we see most

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

Method

How we established this

We opened Toro’s parts listings for model 21472 under two serial ranges and recorded the traction assist part in each, then compared against the parts we had already recorded for the 20334 and the blade listed for all three machines.

Same machine

Other parts we have verified for the Toro 21472

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 17, 2026.

  1. 1

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

    The Toro Company · Primary source · Accessed August 20, 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.

  2. 2

    Parts — 22in Recycler All Wheel Drive, model 21472, serial range 408900000–410239153

    The Toro Company · Primary source · Accessed August 20, 2026

    Toro’s official parts listing for this model and serial range, reached from the serial-range selector on the model’s other listings. Within the part categories this site records, its accessory list names 139-6556, 147-8696. The page carries further accessories this site holds no record for, among them engine oils, bags and fuel products other than 130-2393.

  3. 3

    Parts — 22in Recycler All Wheel Drive, model 21472, serial range 410239154–411763999

    The Toro Company · Primary source · Accessed August 20, 2026

    Toro’s official parts listing for this model and serial range, reached from the serial-range selector on the model’s other listings. Within the part categories this site records, its accessory list names 139-6556, 147-8696. The page carries further accessories this site holds no record for, among them engine oils, bags and fuel products other than 130-2393.

  4. 4

    Parts — 22in Recycler All Wheel Drive, model 21472, serial range 411764000–412799999

    The Toro Company · Primary source · Accessed August 20, 2026

    Toro’s official parts listing for this model and serial range, reached from the serial-range selector on the model’s other listings. Within the part categories this site records, its accessory list names 139-6556, and does not name 147-8696. The page carries further accessories this site holds no record for, among them engine oils, bags and fuel products other than 130-2393.

  5. 5

    Parts — 22in Recycler All Wheel Drive, model 21472, serial range 412800000–415399999

    The Toro Company · Primary source · Accessed August 20, 2026

    Toro’s official parts listing for this model and serial range, reached from the serial-range selector on the model’s other listings. Within the part categories this site records, its accessory list names 139-6556, and does not name 147-8696. The page carries further accessories this site holds no record for, among them engine oils, bags and fuel products other than 130-2393.

  6. 6

    Parts — 22in Recycler All Wheel Drive, model 21472, serial range 415400000–418272599

    The Toro Company · Primary source · Accessed August 20, 2026

    Toro’s official parts listing for this model and serial range, reached from the serial-range selector on the model’s other listings. Within the part categories this site records, its accessory list names 139-6556, and does not name 147-8696. The page carries further accessories this site holds no record for, among them engine oils, bags and fuel products other than 130-2393.

  7. 7

    Parts — 22in Recycler All Wheel Drive, model 21472, serial range 418272600–999999999

    The Toro Company · Primary source · Accessed August 20, 2026

    The latest published range. Lists 147-8696, blade 59534P, kit 130-8148 and 144-6377. 139-6556 does not appear on this page.

  8. 8

    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.

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    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.

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    Parts — 22" SMARTSTOW Variable Speed High Wheel Lawn Mower, model 20339, serial range 316000001–316999999

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

    Lists 20234 (Engine Maintenance Kit for Briggs & Stratton Engine), 38990 (22 Inch Drive Belt for Recycler Mower), 59534P, 59502 and 490-2012. The range selector names eight further serial ranges for this model number.

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    22 in. Recycler All Wheel Drive w/ Personal Pace Gas Lawn Mower — model 21472

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

    Product specification page. States a Briggs & Stratton EXi 163cc engine, a 22 in / 56 cm cutting width, "14 Gauge Steel" deck, and "Personal Pace® All Wheel Drive Traction Assist". The serial selector lists seven ranges.

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    22" (56cm) Personal Pace Electric Start Mower — model 20334

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

    Product specification page. States "7.25 ft-lb Gross Torque* Briggs & Stratton EXi 163cc w/ReadyStart and Just Check & Add", a 22 in / 56 cm cutting width, rear-wheel drive, and a 14 Gauge Steel deck. It does not state where the serial plate is fitted.

  13. 13

    22" (56cm) SMARTSTOW Variable Speed High Wheel Lawn Mower — model 20339

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

    Product specification page. States "7.25 ft-lb Gross Torque** Briggs & Stratton® EXi 163cc w/Ready Start®", a 22 in / 56 cm cutting width, front-wheel drive with a variable speed self-propel system, and a 14 Gauge Steel deck.