I have a fairly new (29 hours) MZT 52. Worked with the deck and got it to where it was cutting pretty level. A few weeks later it seems to be gapping my yard. The right side of the center blade is cutting about 1 inch lower than the right outer blade. Looked at the pulley system on the deck and everything seems to be correct. The only thing I have noticed is that the left and center spindles have about 1/16 to 1/32 up and down free play. The right spindle has no free play.
Should these spindles have enough free play in the to where you can hear it “clunking” when you pull up and down on the spindle shaft, pulley or when pushing up on the blades? (All being the same thing... you can see the shaft free play when you lift it up and down). I guess anything is possible but could these spindles actually have enough free play in them to allow the blade tip to flex that much at full rpm?
thanks.
Should these spindles have enough free play in the to where you can hear it “clunking” when you pull up and down on the spindle shaft, pulley or when pushing up on the blades? (All being the same thing... you can see the shaft free play when you lift it up and down). I guess anything is possible but could these spindles actually have enough free play in them to allow the blade tip to flex that much at full rpm?
thanks.