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| Belt | is broken, |
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| Parking | brake | is not fully released, | Contact | Sears Parts & Repair, | |||||
Rider | drive | belt | Pulleys or belt | greasy or oily, | Clean as required, |
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| Belt stretched | or worn. | Replace | belt. | Contact Sears Parts & Repair. | |||||
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Parking | brake | Parking | brake | is incorrectly adjusted, | See | Service | & Adjustments | Section, | |||||
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Rider | steers | or | Improper | tire inflation. | See | Maintenance | Section. |
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handles | poorly. | Steering | linkage is loose, | Check and tighten | any loose connections, | ||||||||
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Rider | tracks | to | Ground speed adj. knobs not adjusted, | See SPEED | BALANCING | ADJUSTMENT in Service & | |||||||
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Mower cutting | Cutting height motor screw dirty or requires | Thoroughly | clean and | lubricate cutting height motor | |||||||||||
height | does | not | lube. |
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| Cutting | height | linkage | disconnected, | Check that | mower | linkage is connected, | ||||||
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| Rider tires | not inflated | equally or properly. | See | Maintenance | Section. |
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| Mower | not leveled properly, | See | "Mower Leveling" | in Service & Adjustments, | |||||||||
Mower | cut is | Engine | speed | too slow, | Always set engine | speed to FAST when mowing, | |||||||||
rough | looking. | Ground | speed | too fast, | Decrease | ground | speed, |
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| Blades | are dull, |
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| Mower | drive belt slipping because it is oily or Clean or replace belt | as necessary, |
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| Blades | not properly fastened to arbors. | See | "Check/Replace | Mower Blades" | in Maintenance | |||||||
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Engine | stalls |
| Engine | speed | too slow. | Always set engine | speed to FAST when mowing. | ||||||||
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| Ground | speed | too fast, | Decrease |
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| Underside | of mower deck dirty, | Remove | mower deck and clean underside, | |||||||||
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| Discharge | chute jamming with cut grass, | Cut grass with discharge pointing toward previously | ||||||||||
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| Blade mounting bolts | are loose, | Tighten to |
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| Mower blades, arbors, or pulleys are bent, | Check and replace as necessary, |
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| Mower | blades are out of balance, | Replace | or balance blades, See Maintenance | ||||||||||
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| Belt installed incorrectly, | Reinstall | correctly, |
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Mower drive | belt | Idler pulley spring broken or not properly | Repair or replace as needed. |
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| Mower | drive belt broken, | Replace | drive belt, |
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| PTO clutch | out of adjustment, | Adjust PTO clutch, | See Maintenance | Section, | ||||||||
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