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I see on ebaY an aftermarket clutch to replace AM141536 for about $135 from a Boca Raton FL retailer called Xtreme Mower Clutches. It's listed as having upgraded high temperature (and replacable) bearings. Searching the company name doesn't bring back any information, reviews etc. on the web...

By the sound of things I'm due for PTO clutch #4 on my 2008 X540. I see on various sites that at least some of the 2012 X300/X500 series models are using a PTO clutch with part #AM141536 in lieu of #AM134397 or #AM137323. The JD online parts index doesn't show #AM141536 for the X520/540 so...

The bearings in the fan impeller assembly of my X540 14 bushel bagger's blower failed so miserably yesterday that smoke streamed out of it for nearly 20 minutes. The impeller still turns, not completely freely, but it's far from jammed. Unfortunately it's also not turning in a linear plane, so...

While plugging away at the most effective way to keep clippings and leaves under the deck online, does anyone know exactly what the "Isolator Kit" (AM134061) is and where it fits on the deck? The online parts catalog diagram is very vague. I'll be switching to bagging from the mulch kit in the...

Does anyone have any experience and thoughts about either of these add-on deflector kits for the 54" deck? I use the mulching kit pretty much all summer but ever year at this time I kick myself for not investigating either of these kits to better bag leaves with the Power-Flo system. The bagger...

Any Canadian buyers here happen to know whether MSRP numbers quoted on the Deere site are anywhere near Canadian prices these days? I'm debating putting money into some fairly expensive repairs on my 1992 LX178 or convincing myself that it's time to upgrade. I'm looking at the X520 or X540 since...