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It’s not so much good or bad grades, there are different alloys that have been developed having different properties. Some machine more easily, some are easier to form or are stiffer.

China has a massive steel manufacturing capacity and is the world’s largest producer, US Steel is ranked 27th in terms of steel capacity world wide. Competing with the Chinese is difficult, they don't have the labor and environmental restrictions that the rest of the worlds producers face, and...

Some chargers need to see a minimum voltage across the terminals to turn on, this is to protect the charger in case the leads are shorted. Thus they won’t turn on and charge if the battery is totally dead. I trick the circuit by connecting the charger to the dead battery, then momentarily jump...

Thanks! On my badboy ZTR there is a removable plate, which exposes the belt, easy to get to. Of course, it also shreds the fans on the drives when the belt goes.

Neighbor has a one year old Husqvarna Z254F zero turn mower. Pump belt came off today, I can’t find a belt routing decal on the machine and the manual barely mentions it. Anyone have a diagram showing how this belt runs? I tried putting it back on for her, but it’s on the wrong side of the idler...

I have an older bad boy, Koehler engine, 60” deck. Got it at auction, was about 11 years old when I bought it. Built like a tank, I have abused it mercilessly clearing brush & briars on our place. Put lugged tires on it to better handle slopes. Only negative has been documentation, the manual &...

I have one, it’s always been easy to start. Just followed the procedure listed above Push the primer a couple of times Hold the throttle wide open and advance the control to the start position Pull the cord gently a couple times till it “burps” Move the control up one notch Pull cord, generally...

Thanks - hadn’t thought about that! Will try putting my spare belt on if the vibration persists with no blades on the machine (see below).

Good idea on running W/O blades! I presume you meant on blade at a time to isolate where the problem is. I don’t have a balance machine per-se, just balance them on a screwdriver shaft, if they sit level and don’t try to turn I consider them good. However, the first step I took was putting my...

It appears that the spindles mount via bolts from the top into bosses cast into the spindle housing. Top of deck is clean, appears to have reinforcing plates where the spindles bolt up, no sign of cracks.

Jacked the mower up today, scraped away the crud, couldn’t find any signs of damage. Think I will run it for a couple of hours, then look again. Thanks for your thoughts!

Have a 2 year old Exmark Radius with a 60” deck, been running low loft blades. Hit something while mowing, machine has a vibration it didn’t have before. Checked the blades, center blade had a good sized nick in it. Put my backup set of blades on it, vibration is still there. Seems to cut fine...

Thanks! Will revisit the carb. Does the exhaust port erosion mean the end of this engine? This problem showed up after it had sat for a while.

Thanks! I’m not sure that was done, so sounds like a good starting point.