Although I'm not near the point for my first Hydro Gear oil change, I'm thinking of doing it myself. However, I don't see a jack point for the rear wheels. From what I see, the heat shield is the only point that would raise both rear wheels but I don't think that would be an appropriate jack point. Does anyone know exactly where the jack is supposed to be positioned to raise the rear wheels? A photo would be great. As I think about it, I wouldn't know how to jack one side to change a flat tire. Didn't see any instructions in the owners manual. When I spoke with the dealer, he said that they raise the entire mower with straps, something I can't do. Any thoughts?????
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Fish
I have no idea what you have, but it can't be that big. Is there a bolt hole on the rear for some sort of hitch? Just jack up the whole rear from there.
#3
Fish
What are they suggesting for an oil change? How many hours?
I have the Pro-Turn 100 XDZ, which has the HydroGear ZT-3400 trannies versus the base Pro-Turn's ZT-3200, I'm certain the hydro oil change is the same...1st @ 75 hours, then every 400 hours. My Gravely just turned over 50 hours, so I'll be getting a filter and oil for that between now and the end of tis mowing season. I've considered buying the oil & filter then letting my dealer do the service(the Service Manager said no problem when I asked about doing that). There is one user on these forums that changed his Gravely himself and gives pretty detailed instructions about how he purged the tannies after re-filling. I think he posted that on the Gravely Forum here. I'll try to find that thread and put a link to it in this thread for user RustyBoy.
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He made it sound easy enough that I'm tempted to just do it myself.
