Eliot Ness
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Hello, we bought a house with 3 acres last July and I also purchased the owners Hustler Raptor SD 54" mower. There was a learning curve since this was the first zero turn I had driven, but after having to replace the blade belt things settled down. I went from taking 4 1/2 hours to mow down to less than 2 1/2 :thumbsup: This spring I changed the oil, filters (oil, air, and fuel) and have a set of sharpened blades I plan to put on.
On my second or third mowing this year the drive belt came off. After figuring out why I lost drive power (thanks YouTube!) I put the belt back on but that only lasted about 10 minutes before it came off again.... rinse and repeat a couple more times and I headed to the dealer for a new belt. They advised me to look for broken or missing bolts holding on the hydros and BINGO, I found a missing bolt one of the hydros, and that fixed my belt issue.
The mower currently has about 300 hours on the clock, and not knowing when the hydro fluid and filters were changed that is my next project (along with sharpened blades) as soon as the filters arrive.
My only other issue is all the grass that collects under the deck. I scrapped off what seemed like 20 lbs that was moldy and smelled like crap (it attracted a ton of flies) so I thought the next mowing would have minimal accumulation, but it had a lot also. I'm thinking I didn't clean it very well the first time, but if it continues I'll have to try a no stick spray or something. It was pretty dry when I mowed, but this last time I also rinsed it off as best I could under the deck with a hose and ran the blades for 4 or 5 minutes to dry.
John
On my second or third mowing this year the drive belt came off. After figuring out why I lost drive power (thanks YouTube!) I put the belt back on but that only lasted about 10 minutes before it came off again.... rinse and repeat a couple more times and I headed to the dealer for a new belt. They advised me to look for broken or missing bolts holding on the hydros and BINGO, I found a missing bolt one of the hydros, and that fixed my belt issue.
The mower currently has about 300 hours on the clock, and not knowing when the hydro fluid and filters were changed that is my next project (along with sharpened blades) as soon as the filters arrive.
My only other issue is all the grass that collects under the deck. I scrapped off what seemed like 20 lbs that was moldy and smelled like crap (it attracted a ton of flies) so I thought the next mowing would have minimal accumulation, but it had a lot also. I'm thinking I didn't clean it very well the first time, but if it continues I'll have to try a no stick spray or something. It was pretty dry when I mowed, but this last time I also rinsed it off as best I could under the deck with a hose and ran the blades for 4 or 5 minutes to dry.
John
