Re: (ET) Diagnosing an extremely noisy mowing deck?

["bushman165s aol com" <bushman165s aol com>]

My deck is pretty noisy when mowing as well. I'm pretty sure that some of it is the lift strap pin at the deck, but most of it is most definitely the rear rollers. I have the anti-vibration rings on the underside of my motors, so they run smooth as well when not moving. I would bet your rollers are loose on the crossbar.

Chad

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From: "Charlie" <medievalist gmail com>
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Cc: "Elec-Trak" <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Subject: (ET) Diagnosing an extremely noisy mowing deck?
Date: Tue, Jun 4, 2013 10:51 am


Hi guys

My front mount deck vibrates like the Tacoma Narrows bridge, and
balancing the blades has not helped.  The constant rattling is very
annoying, and I've had to switch to cotter pins above the front mower
wheels because the stock pins shake right off.  Is there an easy way
to check for a bent shaft without disassembling the entire shebang?
Everything feels solid if you grab the blades, no wiggles or wobbles,
and when the deck is flipped up vertically everything works perfectly
(sounds like a big smooth-running electric fan).  Once you start
mowing, though, it rattles and bangs constantly.

--Charlie

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