Discharge problem.

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Diamond$45

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I bought a cheap Bad Boy zero turn with 42" cut and Kohler engine this spring. It seems to cut OK, but it doesn't side discharge. I thought it had mulching blades on it. The dealer assures me the grass is wet, too tall, and I'm mowing too fast. (None of which is true) At any rate I mow for 20 minutes, jack the mower up, clean out the deck, and finish nup my lawn with 10 or so more minutes of mowing. When I mow the next week, I start out with cleaning under the deck and repeat the process. The deck is so packed up that the top of the blades were shiny when I sharpened the blades. It's at the dealers now, and I bet when I get it back it still won't discharge. Any thoughts?
 
My guess is that the deck isn't leveled properly.
You are probably taking off too much grass in one pass. Cutting wet grass doesn't help.
Have the dealer check the engine RPMs. They should be 3,600 RPMs at wide open throttle with no load. That means without the PTO engaged.
Are you cutting at wide open throttle?
 
Diamond$45 said:
I bought a cheap Bad Boy zero turn with 42" cut and Kohler engine this spring. It seems to cut OK, but it doesn't side discharge. I thought it had mulching blades on it. The dealer assures me the grass is wet, too tall, and I'm mowing too fast. (None of which is true) At any rate I mow for 20 minutes, jack the mower up, clean out the deck, and finish nup my lawn with 10 or so more minutes of mowing. When I mow the next week, I start out with cleaning under the deck and repeat the process. The deck is so packed up that the top of the blades were shiny when I sharpened the blades. It's at the dealers now, and I bet when I get it back it still won't discharge. Any thoughts?
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Only mowing for 20 minutes tells me you don’t have a big lawn. If it has a mulch plate on where the side discharge opening should be, remove the mulch plate. Maybe the deck baffles needed to make mulching work properly are missing or damaged. You will never be happy with the cut quality mulching. Remove the mulch plate, remove the deck baffles, and install a side discharge chute. Raise the discharge chute 45 degrees as long as you are not around people, cars, and windows, in case a rock flies out. Cut if high and let it fly.
 
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