Recent content by Doepee

I bought a brand new mower deck, which came with a new belt and now the blades won't fully disengage...especially when I raise the deck - the higher I raise it the faster the blades spin - like the tension is never completely off. Is this a blade brake problem or is there some kind of adjustment...

Good suggestion on the old belt. I will do that. The new belt was already attached to the new deck... from John Deere, so I just assume it's the right size. All I had to do was plug and play... everything was already together from the warehouse, so if anything is wonky, John Deere did it ;-)...

John Deere 125 riding mower. I just replaced the deck with a new one. Exactly the same setup as the old one. For some reason the blades are not fully disengaging now. The engage / disengage lever is moving harder than it used to. I'm wondering if it's just that there's a new belt that will...