meburdick
Platinum Member
Then what did you replace it with that wasn't "worthless"?
I put back what was there. Why?
A) It's cheap. Very cheap. I even bought an extra.
B) I have to look to see what else would work there in a manner that would make sense to me without being "expensive".
C) Failure / loss of that clip has no danger while the mower is in use or remaining under the tractor. The gauge wheel posts have two catches - the primary is a positive lock that holds the post in a fixed setting to allow the gauge wheels to actually function and this other clip that is sort of a last resort catch. That positive positional lock (attached to the mowing deck, non-removable) is always engaged unless I go to remove the deck (and you have to allow the gauge wheels to float all the way up since it's a drive-over deck).