Recent content by Choppie123

Ok, I just went out and closely inspected the deck. The idler pivot arm when operated was sliding over and binding up on the little stud on the bottom of the the pully brake arm on the left side. I took the spring off the brake arm and it worked very smoothly. The brake pads were already wore...

That pivot arm on mine appears to be grinding on the top of the deck. I thinks thats whats causing it to bind up. I think that washer under it is wore down and causing the pivot arm to touch the top of the deck and grinding and dragging, it's wore the paint off and showing bare metal right under...

This model does not have the cable. It's just connected with levers.

Thanks for the idea! I had the deck off checking for something catching or dragging and now I see the idler arm has wore are bare spot on top of the deck shell. I found the parts on the schematic page, its 54, 55 and 56, the idler arm and 2 hardened washers. Im going to try that! Thanks!

I have a craftsman riding mower 917.270641. It's old but runs good. What's started to happen is when I push up on the blade engage lever, It feels very stiff, like it's restricted or somethings binding it. I've tried it with the deck all they way down and all the way up. Sometimes it won't...