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Old 05-24-2018, 01:11 PM
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Default Blades won't engage ltx1040
So in the middle of mowing last week I lost a bearing in my mower deck... while I had the deck off I replaced all bearings to the blades, and put on new blades... reassembled everything and went to mow and now the blades won't engage... i guess my question is what could be the culprit... mower deck is installed properly properly with the cable and springs put back on as well... keep in mind I was in the middle of mowing when the bearing originally let loose and the blade disengaged when that happened... so what am I missing? Do I have something out of adjustment? Pto cable? Springs on mower deck? Pto safety switch? Please help me find what I need to do next !
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Old 05-26-2018, 09:54 PM
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Is your PTO electric or mechanical?
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It is a cable actuated pto. Belt stretch?
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It is a cable actuated pto. Belt stretch?
I would think, You could just see if the throw of the cable actual moves it. could be a spring is held up by something. He didnt say if he heard it start to actuate and make noise like something is stuck or if id did nothing. Sounds like something in PTO is stuck
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I'm betting it was a belt routing issue, and that's why we haven't heard back. Probably figured it out and moved on.

Profile shows he hasn't visited since he made the post. Probably won't hear from him again. I'd not lose sleep over it guys.
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Been on vacation for the holiday... I am changing all the belts and the cable for the pto and I will see if that fixes it... thanks for the replies everyone
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Been on vacation for the holiday... I am changing all the belts and the cable for the pto and I will see if that fixes it... thanks for the replies everyone
Yeah. Throw parts at it. One of those might be the problem.....
Or you could engage the blades with the machine off, get down on your hands and knees and look for what the problem is....
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Yea I typically only like to take things apart as few times as possible so once I got under the mower I seen all the belts were frayed badly and the cable to the pto looked loose to me and it wasn't engaging the tensioner ... hard to tell a persons sense of humor from a computer screen 🙄...
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Yea I typically only like to take things apart as few times as possible so once I got under the mower I seen all the belts were frayed badly and the cable to the pto looked loose to me and it wasn't engaging the tensioner ... hard to tell a persons sense of humor from a computer screen 🙄...
I don't think anyone was trying to be humorous.. A little sarcasm from J-Mech maybe but he is correct. Diagnose problem, Order parts, repair, is the order it usually goes in. If you skip step one you will likely waste time and money and will almost certainly take it apart more than once.
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Yea I typically only like to take things apart as few times as possible so once I got under the mower I seen all the belts were frayed badly and the cable to the pto looked loose to me and it wasn't engaging the tensioner ... hard to tell a persons sense of humor from a computer screen 🙄...
Me too. That's why I disassemble, diagnose and repair. That way you only take it apart once. If you only like doing things once, then why didn't you get new belts when you replaced the bearings and the blades on the deck? That makes sense right? You surely noticed the belt was frayed when you took the deck off to change all that.

If the cable that pulls idler to tighten (AKA: PTO) looked "loose" then why don't you see why it is loose. Last tractor I worked on with that type of set up had an adjustment on it. Is that cable frayed? Is the idler binding? Is the belt tight? Is it hitting something? Did you route the belt right? Did you install the deck correctly?? Too many variables to just say "Oh, the PTO cable must be bad, and the belt isn't any good."
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