I have a John deere 160 that I have broken down and refurbished. The problem is I did not take a picture of the location for the spring that holds the blade hight linkage. If I set it on 4 before I drop the deck it holds pretty good but if Im not paying attention it will drop to 1.If anyone has a picture of the spring location it would be a great help. The parts manual dose not show location. Thank You
John Deere 160 Spring Location
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) Ensure that the mower deck drive belt tensioner lever is released. The lever is on the discharge chute side of the mower deck.
2) Attach the rear draft arms to the tractor.
3) Attach the front draft arms to the rod that goes through the holes in the front attachment mount points. Cotter pins mount through the rod inside the draft arms.
4) Attach the lift straps to the deck (assuming they're still attached to the tractor). The adjustable one goes on the left side if you need to reinstall them first.
4) (a) If you need to reinstall the lift straps hold the deck height adjust arm all the way forward/down. Install the lift straps through the hole on the lift strap and pull them down so they are engaged in the slot. Having a partner to hold the height adjust lever is a big help, otherwise tie it or use a bungee.
5) Reinstall the mower deck drive belt to the PTO. It takes some OOMPH to displace the deck drive pulley to generate enough slack to get the belt around the PTO.
6) Reengage the mower deck belt tensioner lever by pivoting it ~180 degrees to retension the sping that attaches to the two-stack pulley of the mower deck drive.
2) Attach the rear draft arms to the tractor.
3) Attach the front draft arms to the rod that goes through the holes in the front attachment mount points. Cotter pins mount through the rod inside the draft arms.
4) Attach the lift straps to the deck (assuming they're still attached to the tractor). The adjustable one goes on the left side if you need to reinstall them first.
4) (a) If you need to reinstall the lift straps hold the deck height adjust arm all the way forward/down. Install the lift straps through the hole on the lift strap and pull them down so they are engaged in the slot. Having a partner to hold the height adjust lever is a big help, otherwise tie it or use a bungee.
5) Reinstall the mower deck drive belt to the PTO. It takes some OOMPH to displace the deck drive pulley to generate enough slack to get the belt around the PTO.
6) Reengage the mower deck belt tensioner lever by pivoting it ~180 degrees to retension the sping that attaches to the two-stack pulley of the mower deck drive.
I don't think I explained my situation well. The spring is about 6" long I believe its the M73114. It just keeps some tension on the adjustment lever so it will stay in any of the 1-4 potions for the blade height. Thank you for your reply
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is the plastic hook broken off the retainer? That is what usually happens to them. The spring just holds the lever into the notches. I have replaced the plastic on several mowers.
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The screw that holds the plastic retainer on.