Recent content by Pete.S

My drive belt is slipping and I have a new belt. I can jack up the mower, remove the mower deck and then when I try to take the PTO clutch off the engine shaft I have to figure a way to keep the engine from turning over or holding the shaft still. The upper half of the PTO clutch is held in...

Somewhere along the line I backed into something and bent the muffler bracket/heat shield off my RZT-42. The bend happened in the middle of the four screws that held the muffler to the bracket, stripping two out and the last two gave up the ghost dropping the muffler off in the middle of a...

I own two mowers with Briggs/Stratton engines. I also walked around stores and looked at other brands with B/S engines. The design geniuses at Briggs have placed the engine air intake and air filter almost directly above the discharge opening in the deck. Any time you mow in dry conditions...

I just brought my RZT 42 home. The deck was lopsided and I read throught the manual for the side to side adjustment. While I was making the adjustment I found the maximum hight for the blades is 3-1/2" - not the 4" they are supposed to be. How do I adjust the deck hight to 4 inches? The...