I would like to give some problems i have seen with riding lawnmowers and get some feed back on my thoughts as to why the
it happened.
First problem: This is a John Deere mower. The pullies on the deck stripped off the spindals and belt came off. The deck height
when mowing is skimming the ground on uneven ground. My thought is that the blades are stopped turning due to hitting high
place on ground and spindal has also stopped. The belt is still turning and trying to turn pully which has stopped, putting torque
on spindal ( Which has flat and high places on it to hold pully in place) and something has to give. Either the belt burns up or the
pully spinds on the spindle wearing pully and spindal. The hole in pully enlarges causing the belt to jump off.
The other problem is the mower has a clutch for the deck. The clutch burns up because the blades have stopped turning, but the
clutch is still trying to turn blades. So, with no clutch the pullies strip out ( weak point) and with clutch, clutch burns up( weak point). All due to deck being too low on rough ground. Is my thoughts correct?
Improper deck adjustment.
Thanks for any thoughts.
it happened.
First problem: This is a John Deere mower. The pullies on the deck stripped off the spindals and belt came off. The deck height
when mowing is skimming the ground on uneven ground. My thought is that the blades are stopped turning due to hitting high
place on ground and spindal has also stopped. The belt is still turning and trying to turn pully which has stopped, putting torque
on spindal ( Which has flat and high places on it to hold pully in place) and something has to give. Either the belt burns up or the
pully spinds on the spindle wearing pully and spindal. The hole in pully enlarges causing the belt to jump off.
The other problem is the mower has a clutch for the deck. The clutch burns up because the blades have stopped turning, but the
clutch is still trying to turn blades. So, with no clutch the pullies strip out ( weak point) and with clutch, clutch burns up( weak point). All due to deck being too low on rough ground. Is my thoughts correct?
Improper deck adjustment.
Thanks for any thoughts.