RZT S 46" Cub Cadet

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• May 15, 2012 / RZT S 46" Cub Cadet

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Just purchased this mower. If I stop mowing for any reason, the exhaust will burn a patch of grass ,a dry ed up spot about 10", where mower was stoped. Has anyone else experienced this ? Called dealer still waiting to hear back.
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• May 17, 2012 / RZT S 46" Cub Cadet

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I just purchased a RZT S and have the burns too...guess we need to be faster...

 

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• May 18, 2012 / RZT S 46" Cub Cadet

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This is not RIGHT its apparent that there is a design flaw. I called Cub Cadet and they also said go FASTER ! iAM SURE THAT CUB CADET CAN REDIRECT THE FLOW OF EXHAUST !!!!! :frown:

 

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• May 21, 2012 / RZT S 46" Cub Cadet

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Totally a design issue. I looked at other RZT (not S) and they shoot out sideways, not angled. my neighbor has a 1000 tractor and that too goes sideways.
Also the manual says slow down/stop before a zero turn. Which i did, and now have a perfect set of arched burn patches down the side of my lawn.
So yesterday, I went fast, almost reckless and watered twice. Lets see if they show up today.

Wonder how bad it will be in the dry summer months.

lastly blew 4 fuses...have a problem with a short in the PTO waiting on a call back from service.

How did this thing get rated a "best buy"?????

 

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• May 21, 2012 / RZT S 46" Cub Cadet

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Well you guys have convinced me I dodged a bullet when I bought my used Country Clipper!

 

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• May 21, 2012 / RZT S 46" Cub Cadet

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Just sent pictures, of lawn, to dealer, he is going to contact Cub Cadet and see if they can figure something out. That is a good question how did it get such high ratings???? I will post again when I hear back from dealer.

 

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• May 21, 2012 / RZT S 46" Cub Cadet

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Quick fix until you get an answer is put a medal pipe elbow on the exhaust .
My power washer used to burn the grass until I unbolted the exhaust and pointed it straight up in the air .

 

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• May 22, 2012 / RZT S 46" Cub Cadet

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So just had the mover picked up for service on the PTO clutch (they have seen the short one other time). As for the exhust, we took a closer look. The directional piece screwed to the muffler (looks like a disk) seems to mounted too far clockwise, points to 5 o'clock. The interesting part is the assembler (factory) could have mounted it to 3-4 o'clock. The screw missed the proper screw holes. Why else would there be holes to move it more to 3-4 o'clock. I told the service guys and they should rotate it for me. This has to be a problem with the guy in the factory not mounting that disk properly. I'll let you know if that is the case when Ihear back from my dealer...

 

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• May 22, 2012 / RZT S 46" Cub Cadet

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The service department rotated the plate my mower to the 3 o'clock position, but it still burn the grass when going slow, also when I use the flushing system on deck. Its like the exhaust hits the shields and frame just enough to channel some hot exhaust to ground.

 

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• May 22, 2012 / RZT S 46" Cub Cadet

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wow, mine must be really bad compared to yours. Anytime I do a zero turn, at a pretty good speed, I get a nice dead C a few days later. 3 o'clock has to be better, maybe even 1-2...Cub Cadet has to address this problem.