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I have an approx. 4 year old XT2 LX42 and, for a while, I notice that grass shoots out of the front right side of the deck. This puts a a good amount of grass on my right leg as well as on this area of the deck. I watched where the grass was coming out of while my wife rode the tractor so I could see it closely. It also puts grass on the front yellow engine cover as well as in the nooks and crannies of the chassis below the steering wheel, etc.

The deck's underside is clean of built-up grass. I am mulching; I have the side mulching plug installed. I don't cut when the grass is wet nor very long. I also don't drive too fast. Slowing down from my normal medium speed doesn't seem to reduce the amount of grass shooting out of the deck. Also, the blades are somewhat sharp.

I have adjusted the rear deck height so that both rods are the same height (the rod tops are approx. 3.5 cm from the top of the upper nut). I measured the height of the deck at the rear right and left sides on pavement and their height is approx. the same on left and right. The front of the deck now seems rather low. The only front adjustment of the deck is using the front rod and its choice of the 2 front holes. One is slightly higher than the other and brings the deck slightly forward, I recall.

Not sure what else to try in terms of adjustments. I recall reading that if the deck's front is too low (besides cutting the grass a little shorter), the mower will tend to shoot grass out of the deck's front instead of keeping it below the deck to properly mulch. It seems that lowering the deck's rear causes the deck's front to also vary in height. I feel that raising the deck's rear settings too high (in order to help raise the deck's front) will lead to other problems.

Any suggestions to help get grass from shooting out of the deck's front right? Not sure of any other settings to help correct my problem. Thanks.