Hello, I’m hoping someone might be able to help me as I’m new to the zero turn world. I just purchased a used Cub Cadet “50 with a Kohler Command 23. It runs like a beast and just gave it a quick tune-up to boot. (Oil and filter change, fuel filter change, spark plug change .030 gap, cleaned the air intake filter and a few shots of carb cleaner). In the new few days I plan to disconnect the deck and clean the underside and sharpen/replace blades if needed. Also there is a dent in the front of the deck which doesn’t seem to get in the way of the blades turning but i’m Going to hammer back out anyways.
As the title summarizes, the engine runs fine, doesn’t bog down even when “flooring it” (not sure of the terminology when i’m using my hands now lol) but when I engage the blades and begin to cut I hear the blades bog down a little bit but the engine doesn’t skip a beat. If I were to stop while the blades are engage I hear them ramp back up to what I assume is full rotation. Being new I have a few ideas but looking for guidance; I have the following as suspect:
-Belt is loose, so when the blades encounter the resistance of the grass the belt starts to slip
-There is nothing wrong and the mower has a feature that auto adjust to the thickness of the grass and when i’m Mowing the blades dial back because they don’t need to work as hard to cut my grass, but I don’t know why the blades would ramp up when I stop if this was the case
-The pulleys/spindles are bad
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Glad to be part of this community and thank you all for reading.
As the title summarizes, the engine runs fine, doesn’t bog down even when “flooring it” (not sure of the terminology when i’m using my hands now lol) but when I engage the blades and begin to cut I hear the blades bog down a little bit but the engine doesn’t skip a beat. If I were to stop while the blades are engage I hear them ramp back up to what I assume is full rotation. Being new I have a few ideas but looking for guidance; I have the following as suspect:
-Belt is loose, so when the blades encounter the resistance of the grass the belt starts to slip
-There is nothing wrong and the mower has a feature that auto adjust to the thickness of the grass and when i’m Mowing the blades dial back because they don’t need to work as hard to cut my grass, but I don’t know why the blades would ramp up when I stop if this was the case
-The pulleys/spindles are bad
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Glad to be part of this community and thank you all for reading.