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Old 10-21-2010, 06:54 PM
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After carefully studing your post and combing through all the info of the replies I have concluded the only issue not brought to the table is that you must mow in a forward direction or if you insist on traveling in a reverse direction then you must turn your blades upsidedown (sorry couldn't resist a little humor)
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Odd you should mention that Woody. My daddy always taught me not to mow in reverse. I pick the deck up when I back up. Another reason I wanted hydraulics instead of manual lift. I have new lift links to install.
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When I first got my tractor it mowed like crap. I checked the level and it was OK. I figured I would try sharpening the blades. When i took the deck off I found that the previous owner had installed the blades upside down. Sharpening and turning them rightside up made a huge improvement.
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I'm looking at getting a new mule drive. My pulleys are straight and most of the pictures I've found show the pulleys to be at an angle.
How do I identify whick 50" deck I have? I purchased the belt for the 50A on my serial number, but when I removed everything, the J bolt was maxed out on adjustment and the belt tension adjustment bar was not where it was supposed to be. Deck ID 501U1111
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I'm looking at getting a new mule drive. My pulleys are straight and most of the pictures I've found show the pulleys to be at an angle.
How do I identify whick 50" deck I have? I purchased the belt for the 50A on my serial number, but when I removed everything, the J bolt was maxed out on adjustment and the belt tension adjustment bar was not where it was supposed to be. Deck ID 501U1111
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Unless your wanting to save the mule drive for another type of deck, just bend the pulley arms. I had to do this with my 1250. The PO had put the wrong type of mule drive on mine, and I had no idea till I came here and started learning there are different types of mule drives. I just took mine off, put them in a vice and used a large adjustable wrench and long bar over the wrench handle to bend them to the correct angle. Took maybe 30 minutes including checking them to make sure I didn't go too far or not enough.
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Here is another post about the deck problems.
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