Land Pride RCR1860 manual Problem Cause Solution Oil seal leaking, Driveline yoke or cross failing

Table of Contents

Section 8: Troubleshooting

Problem	Cause	Solution
Oil seal leaking	Gearbox overfilled	Drain to side plug hole
	Seals damaged	Replace seals
	Grass or wire wrapped on	Check seal areas daily
	shaft in seal area
Driveline yoke or cross failing	Shock load	Avoid hitting solid objects
	Needs lubrication	Lubricate every 8 hours
Driveline	Scalping the ground	Raise cutting height
clutch slipping
	Cutting too fast	Reduce travel speed
	PTO being engaged too	Slowly engage PTO at low engine rpm
	fast at high engine rpm
	Cutting over solid objects	Avoid solid objects
Bent Driveline (NOTE: driveline should	Contacting frame	Reduce lift height in transport position
be repaired or replaced if bent)
	Contacting drawbar	Reposition drawbar
	Bottoming out	Shorten driveline
	Binding up	Not lubricating enough
Driveline	Shock load	Avoid hitting solid objects
telescoping tube failing
Driveline	Needs lubrication	Lubricate every 20 hours
telescoping tube wearing
Blades wearing excessively	Cutting on	Raise cutting height
	sandy ground
	Contacting	Raise cutting height
	ground frequently
Blades breaking	Hitting solid objects	Avoid hitting solid objects
Blades coming loose	Blades not	Tighten blade hardware (refer to “Service Cutter
	tightened properly	Blades” on page 19
	Improper deck attitude	Lower front of deck, see page 15
Blade carrier becomes loose	Running loose in the past	Replace gearbox output shaft and blade carrier
	Blade carrier hardware not	Tighten to specified torque
	tight enough
Blade bolt holes worn	Blade hardware running loose	Replace blades and blade bolts if worn
Blade carrier bent	Hitting solid objects	Avoid hitting solid objects and replace blade carrier
Excessive side skid wear	Cutting height not level	Adjust cutter height
	Soil abrasive	Adjust cutter height
	Cutting too low	Adjust cutter height
Tailwheel support failing	Lowering too fast	Adjust rate of drop
	Hitting objects when turning	Reduce speed on turns

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