Recent content by MSman

I noticed the grass was not being cut as I expected it to be. I found the spindle on the right side to be spinning around without moving the blade down below. I can find no way to connect the spindle to the blade shaft. Is there any way to easily do this as I am not very mechanically inclined...

My 2 yr old 1045 won't crank. Battery is ok and the fuse seems to be good. The ignition switch seems strange in that it turns freely with no detents for the 3 positions it should have. It just turns until it should be in the start position but nothing happens. Does anyone know if it is...

I was having a problem with the PTO, I thought, a while back. Turns out it was a broken pulley spring, but I had emailed Cub stating I felt heat near the PTO when replacing the belt. They replied that the PTO gets "extremly hot" during operation. I wondered if this was detremental to the...

16 hours on my 1046 and the PTO was operating normally. While mowing, it disengaged, clicked a few times when I tried to re-engage it. Then it stopped the clicks and now nothing happens. Is there a relay, fuse, etc. that might be bad? I noticed a while back, when replacing the deck belt...

1. I got off the cub to move a gate, and the safety interlock shut the engine off, I had forgotten to engage the parking brake. After a while with the gate, I went back to the Cub and saw the headlights were on with the engine off. It seems the battery could have been discharged if I had...

Just joined the Cub family, having purchased the 1045 two weeks ago. Home Depot had it on sale. Did much research and decided the Cub was the best for the money. However, the transmission has a howl in it, not very loud, but gets louder with a load, such as trying to drive onto my patio which...