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thank you beenthere i stand corrected, this is a single stage snow thrower. the diagram is a little misleading re. the belt. there is a drive pulley and tension pulley on the thrower. on the tractor there is a PTO pulley and 2 idler pulleys. here are a few pictures. thank you bruce

greetings, my neighbor asked me to take a look at his 1983 116 with a 338 snowblower. he had the belt off because it was getting frayed on the edges. his primary issue was that during the last snow, the blower did not blow. this is a used machine and will be the first winter for him with it...

Greetings, I need to top off my hydro and I have a half quart of hy-gard that I opened in 9-2012. is there any shelf life limit to this oil? I know it isn't much, but it will get me started (I think I will need more). this will probably happen again, so I am also asking for future reference...

Greetings, I read the owners manual for my x728 regarding capacities for the low viscosity hydro fluid. I am still unclear on which is correct. One line says 5 qt for front and another says 7qt for full. I thought it was then 12 qt total or is it 7? TIA ba

Greetings, I must have bumped the key to on when i got off the tractor when I last blew out the driveway. Now the battery is dead. I brought it inside and it is connected to a 4 amp charger. The questions I have are: -how long should I leave it on this charger. Heading to work in a couple...

Works for me 9" yesterday ba

Mike, is this what you are looking for? it measures exactly .75" dia. with the hitch laying on it back, the pin falls into the hole with no resistance. ba

I was reinstalling my 54" deck on X728. the lift arms cam down fine. I attached the deck fine. I lifted the deck to adjust the gauge wheels and now it will not go down. the adjuster is in 5" position from having the snow blower on. the height adjuster know will not move. the lockout valve...

referring to the sticker in the picture, it seems it was put there for a reason and I understand what it means, but how is it supposed to work? as far as I can tell, it is just a sticker. what am I missing? TIA, geek

greetings, this isn't tractor related, but it is a JD and it is for lawn and garden. I have a 820A tiller and I need a cable and am having a hard time finding it. I think the part number is PT7452 Cable. is there a source for parts for discontinued equipment? TIA geek

this is gonna be great ! ba

oh, I see. no, I bought it last April and used it like that all winter. we had a lot of snow here in Minnesota, so it saw a lot of use. it is in my garage. I was just getting ready to wash the salt off it and grease the universal joints on the shaft and auger before I put it away for the...

Greetings, I was cleaning up my 54 snowblower and notice something that doesn稚 look quite right. I am referring to the twisted wire in the following pictures. Appears as though it could be a safety wire, but is that really how JD would do it? Just seems odd. TIA ba

does anyone know if the John Deere SD Polyurea grease is Polyurea Shear Stable or Polyurea Conventional? it appears that this is what JD used as factory fill, but i am thinking of using it in other applictaions as well which previously had Lithium. TIA

greetings i have searched the web and am looking for how to read the serial numbers on my X728. i came up empty. this is not something i urgently need, just curious what all the letters and numbers mean. i don't want to bother the dealer, not something i actually need. is there a chart that...

as you can see, this is one tool i have not babied. it has hauled a lot of rock, dirt, logs and concrete. they don't stay new for very long. anyway, i cut off a couple inches on the front of the tongue and bolted on the hitch. i also painted the tongue and under-carriage yellow. the copper pipe...

great suggestions. i am forming a bracket in my mind and have a question JD provides a couple convieient holes in the rear brackets for a rod. what is this part called? ba

greetings, i have to drive down the street in our neighborhood to blow out the driveway of a neighbor. it is about 1/4 mile away. i would like to put a slow moving vehicle sign on the back of my tractor. i have a x728 with weights on the rear. has anyone figured out a good way to do this...

greetings would someone know where the neutral start switch is located on an x728 2012? also, is this wiring harness just supposed to be hanging out unsupported like this? TIA

on my previous 48" deck with mulching blades i used a cover on the chute (had holes in it) that caused the grass/leaves to recirculate and chop up finer. also stopped the windrow from the chute guard. is there a similar plate that would fit my new 54" deck? TIA ba

pretty exciting ! geek

greetings, i am shopping for a x728 this week. i am torn between the 2 sizes of snowthrower. for the smaller, it seems that i will be driving over the edges of the cleared track with the rear wheels if the path is not perfectly straight. width and track are close. with the larger, will the 728...