Broke the new Deere

[dnw64]

Something very obviously very wrong from the start. I would have parked it when it happened and left it for the dealer.

That apart, the below bolded statements make no sense to me.

6) survived storms got up sat morn went out to shop and checked mower
7) found mower drive shaft laying on top of mower deck, removed it and looked at it all bent up
8) left for other farm at folks in north missour
9) fixed tractor up there and visited folks
10) came home sunday nite
11) worked in barn all day yest then in evening attempted to mow, thats when i discovered bent lots of noises when i turned on the mower deck

 

[hawkeye08]

Keep at it, soon you have it all fixed.. and enjoy it completely again, I don't like it when I have a nagging noise or something loose, it is harder now to find since my hearing has deteriorated some..

 

[searcyfarms]

unless something is totally out of whack ( which i seriously doubt ) its just some kind of mount/alignment issue/adjustment with the deck brackets or possibly with the assembly of the bolts/shaft area for the mower deck, that pto shaft is totally independent and no where close to the front drive shaft ujoint that failed. The rattling/grinding noise has been intermittent since i mowed with it the first time a year ago.

I still think the drive shaft for the 4wd is a totally different issue and nothing to do with the deck noise.

correct on the bolded statements - maybe this helps - found the issues and left the tractor here in the barn
left and went to my folks and worked on one of our OTHER tractors up there ( 5088 IH )
yes i attempted to mow because i needed to mow and dealer is closed on weekends there were no noises driving it - all i was missing was a 4wd shaft - not until i pressed the button to engage the mower did i notice bent pulleys bent and NEW deck noises - i didnt look that closely at them when i removed the bent drive shaft

 

[dnw64]

I can't see that the dealer did anything beyond normal expectations. They actually didn't inspect the tractor fully or they would have caught the second failure. Should be common practice to look this tractor over very carefully and completely. It had a CATASTROPHIC failure.

Shoulda, coulda, woulda. Maybe.

The sad fact is that many don't. And don't really care.

 

[dnw64]

correct on the bolded statements - maybe this helps - found the issues and left the tractor here in the barn
left and went to my folks and worked on one of our OTHER tractors up there ( 5088 IH )
yes i attempted to mow because i needed to mow and dealer is closed on weekends there were no noises driving it - all i was missing was a 4wd shaft - not until i pressed the button to engage the mower did i notice bent pulleys bent and NEW deck noises - i didnt look that closely at them when i removed the bent drive shaft

I see - didn't notice there were two different drive shafts involved.

Reading the rest of the comments I would have to commend you for maintaining a calm and reasonable attitude towards what was unquestionably a series of very frustrating events.

 

[searcyfarms]

they already called me and are sending a tech out tomorrow to look at the rubbing bolt situation and noise i found on the deck - im sure they want to investigate and report to deere corp in case this has been reported before or to check if something was installed improperly

 

[searcyfarms]

I have to say i have a longer fuse with age but none the less - my diesel truck cracked an injector nozzle last week while on vacation, had to get towed, I was lucky, only destroyed a glow plug no apparent piston/cylinder/head damage, jet ski blew two spark plugs, we all ended up with ecoli from the lake, now turned into a cold/cough, septic system backup from all the rains a month ago, shop AC failed, ran over something in hwy ruined sidewall in truck tire - got 4 new ones, starter went out on son in laws deere mower, so as you can see i have plenty to rant about but i just keep praying and keep giving it all to God, he is in control and i am just walking along trying to help others along the way. I dont know how i could deal with all this w/out him and a wonderful wife, family and friends and of course all of you who have helped me with things on here.

 

[searcyfarms]

Keep at it, soon you have it all fixed.. and enjoy it completely again, I don't like it when I have a nagging noise or something loose, it is harder now to find since my hearing has deteriorated some..

funny you say that i said that to my wife this morning we will get it all smoothed out and we will be in love with it all over again -

 

[Doofy]

That is still one impressive dealer (even if they didn't assemble correctly).

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I don't know why anyone thinks this is a great dealer?

The longer this goes on, the more incompetent the dealer looks!

I was watching "Live PD" the other night. A guy took the taser away from the cop, and shot/tased him (the cop) in the nuts with it!! lol

This dealer needs to get a taser and go find the mechanic who's been working on this tractor and do the same thing!! lol

SR