Re: (ET) Mower deck -- cut quality

["Steven Naugler" <snaugler earthlink net>]

The rollers should not be tapered.  If they are replace them.

Usually the two outer rollers taper from skidding as you turn, especially 
if
you turn on an asphalt driveway.

Steve Naugler
snaugler earthlink net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elie, Larry (L.D.)" <lelie ford com>
To: "'D Howell'" <dervatl yahoo com>; <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:57 PM
Subject: RE: (ET) Mower deck -- cut quality


> Did you level the rollers in back and the casters in front?
>
> BTW, the 'tapered' rollers, if they exist get the lower diameter toward
the outside to prevent
> getting a 'divot' when turning sharp.
>
> Larry Elie
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: D Howell [mailto:dervatl yahoo com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:36 PM
> To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
> Subject: (ET) Mower deck -- cut quality
>
>
> I'm not very pleased with the quality of cut my deck
> is producing.  I bought my I-5 a couple months ago and
> have restored the tractor.  (Hopefully pics will be
> place on the Elec-Trak page soon --- I've sent them
> in).  The deck, I haven't done anything to yet.
>
> I've read the post about bent motor shafts and blades
> causing bad cuts.  I've checked the blades on all
> three motors.  There are slight differences (when you
> rotate them 180 degrees and measure distance to deck)
> but less than 1/4 inch.  The middle motor gets hotter
> than the other two.  It's also the one with the least
> sharp blade.  Maybe that's the cause of the additional
> heat.  It's also the motor that seems to leave the
> grass the highest after the cut.  Is it possible that
> the deck might be warped too?  The rear rollers are
> wooden.  A couple of them are larger on one end than
> the other (shaped like a Christmas tree).  I put them
> in the middle, which would minimize their effect.
>
> The cut job is just not level across it.  Any ideas?
>
> Darryl Howell
> Smyrna GA
>