Hey guys. I have a 2005 Dixon Ram44 with a BS motor. I keep the maintenance up on it the best I know how and have run into this issue which has me a bit stumped. Would appreciate some input.
When I engage the blades the motor rpm drops dramatically to almost stalling but runs, like at idle speed. When disengaged, the motor picks back up and runs at high rpm. I have checked the belts and they are good.
I keep the bearings greased and the deck clean. No bearing noise--or little bearing noise from the deck. I have changed the middle two pulley bearing twice since I purchased the mower seven years ago but have never changed the two outside tower bearings.
I am not familiar with the PTO and how it works and so I wonder if there is maintenance that I should have been doing on it? It's to the point I cannot cut grass as the mower runs so low an rpm when blades engaged as to almost stall. Maybe I'm brain dead but it has to be the deck or the PTO, right? Help me out here. Thanks fellas!
EDIT: I checked the voltage before and after PTO engaged. 14.3v before and 13.9v after. So I think the charging system and the seat kill switch is good. I also checked the resistance at the clutch and it 4.0 ohms--which is good, from what I have read. Am I missing another kill switch somewhere? It's looking like a deck issue to me but I appreciate any help here. Thanks.
When I engage the blades the motor rpm drops dramatically to almost stalling but runs, like at idle speed. When disengaged, the motor picks back up and runs at high rpm. I have checked the belts and they are good.
I keep the bearings greased and the deck clean. No bearing noise--or little bearing noise from the deck. I have changed the middle two pulley bearing twice since I purchased the mower seven years ago but have never changed the two outside tower bearings.
I am not familiar with the PTO and how it works and so I wonder if there is maintenance that I should have been doing on it? It's to the point I cannot cut grass as the mower runs so low an rpm when blades engaged as to almost stall. Maybe I'm brain dead but it has to be the deck or the PTO, right? Help me out here. Thanks fellas!
EDIT: I checked the voltage before and after PTO engaged. 14.3v before and 13.9v after. So I think the charging system and the seat kill switch is good. I also checked the resistance at the clutch and it 4.0 ohms--which is good, from what I have read. Am I missing another kill switch somewhere? It's looking like a deck issue to me but I appreciate any help here. Thanks.
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