Forest thank you very much for the video I got through 6 minutes of it the guys like he could have courses on this stuff it's so thorough but it's 23 minutes long I do realize that the the only thing I could do other than you know replacing the deck is to use the JB weld and so far that's worked out okay but I was always wondering about the keyway + so what happens is you hit something your blade stops and then the keyway breaks and prevents the engine from destroying okay great how come they don't put the key way and the the breakaway what you need on the mower deck somehow why do you have to start messing with the engine because of a blade that hit a rock that makes no sense to me I would put the break point someplace on the mower deck but definitely it's before the drive shaft in my case would be vertical drive shell this is puzzling but so far getting back to that JB weld it has worked I didn't an extreme amount of it also it's a brand new carriage bolt. So the mower deck never had any Wheels and I added them mainly to stabilize the deck yeah it's kind of tilted in one way and you know it's another frustrating part about design for me but thanks for the URL and I'm getting the points points that are relevant for me out of it so far.
Jim
"Using JB Weld and Duct tape on a Craftsman.
You might be overqualified as a design engineer for Craftsman and Murray.".
Forest maybe you picked up on my level of frustration with why I have to even mess with this stuff so I figured duct tape is good enough if it can't fix it why put more effort into it.
But the more I thought about the problem it's actually a good mix for consumers who just want to cut their lawn and folks in the business of repairing lawn equipment. I don't know I'm not in that business but if I was a manufacturer I would have stuff the kind of breaks now and then keep folks who do repair this stuff in business I have nothing against that at all. And where I live many of those folks have gone out of business for one reason or another. And not all consumer products like riding mowers are owned by people that have a flatbed or a trailer or whatever or a truck.
I mean from what I've seen with this mower deck and I've spent 2 months messing around with it off and on the deck itself should just be a shell nothing else on it all these mounts that have holes and square holes and all that other stuff should be bolted this mower deck and from there it's something like a square hole turns into a circular hole you could just replace that part plus a few bolts and nuts to have that piece welded maybe that caters to people in the business. Or even better you have to buy a brand new deck that has the part with the square hole in it I have no idea I'm just looking at it from a consumer point of view.
Jim
