MTD deck height

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I picked up a MTD 13AQ608H729 riding mower. Runs and mows good. The problem I have is the deck height. On the highest setting the blade height is only 3 inches. I don't see any way of adjusting the deck height any higher. I have leveled it side to side and front to back. Is there a way to raise the deck higher?

 

[ILENGINE]

Not without replacing everything below the steering wheel. Now let me explain. Being 21 years old every rolling point, every pivot point is worn and those even small amounts add up to 1" or more in deck height. From the tire tread wearing down, to the wheel bearings and the spindles that they turn on, to the steering spindle going into the axle, to the axle pivot with the mount on the frame. Add in the slight bowing of the frame over the years, and the wear in the deck height lever bushings and rods to the deck lift levers to the pins that mount the deck lift to the deck. And don't forget the wear in the axle bushing in the transmission to all combine to change what was once a deck that ran 2 inches above the ground when new is now rolling the anti-scalp wheels on the ground when fully raised.

 

[Auto Doc's]

I picked up a MTD 13AQ608H729 riding mower. Runs and mows good. The problem I have is the deck height. On the highest setting the blade height is only 3 inches. I don't see any way of adjusting the deck height any higher. I have leveled it side to side and front to back. Is there a way to raise the deck higher?

Does the deck side adjuster area have pull out release pins that can be set is an upper or lower set of holes? Some decks had this odd design.