GC2300 guide wheel welds

[ChemEng]

If the undercarriage is not designed to carry the deck, then what about all the driving around you do with the deck in the up position when you are not mowing?

 

[jeepcj7]

The mower works best suspended, but it is designed to work either way.

 

[eieio]

After owning my GC2300 for a year now, I have found the following for my mower deck. As mentioned by others my deck was not level when in the down position when it was delivered. The owners manuak left a lot to be desired as faras instructions, so I put the tractor on a nice level concrete floor and started adjusting.I made sure that in the down position that it was level all around the deck. I also made sure that the the heigth adjustment matched the adjustment knob. All in all this was a couple hours of work to get it right and some figuring out of how it all worked. Anyhow I then adjusted the hiegth to about a 1/2 off the ground on the concrete then when in the softer lawn I noticed that the wheels are just touching I am quite pleased with the cut I am getting and so far no noticeable wear on the mower.

 

[rirri]

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I agree with you about the owner's manual. I turned to mine when I noticed the mower was riding lower than the adjustment knob was set at and was very disappointed with the lack of information.

So how did you get the mower height to match the knob setting?

 

[Darrin_Dillman]

I purchased a GC2300 this spring and have had the dealer come out to my house and then he came a got it for the same reason. The deck is not level in the up position and tends to be unlevel when lowered. The dealer removed the pin on the left side and used a roll pin to keep the lift arm from moving on the shaft. This worked great, until you set the deck with the adjustment. I removed the pin on the right side and got a roll pin to replace it. This really made a big difference. The problem with the deck is than the adjustment is on one side and the lift arm is on the other side. When you set the adjustment the lift arm lowers until it hits the stop on the adjustment, with the factory pins there is to much play in the pins and allows the deck to move more on one side then the other. I do not run the deck wheels on the ground, I leave then up about 1/2" - 1" above the ground. So far replacing the pins with 1/2" roll pins have solved the problem. One thing to keep in mind is that the holes in the lift arms on each side are metric, I used a 1/2 drill bit and drilled the holes so they were the same on the shaft and the arm. I could not find a metric roll pin and a 1/2 is to big so you have to drill out the holes.

I also read an message about running out of power going up hill. Due to the tractor being hydro, if going up a step hill you will more than likely run out of pressure in the transmission. If going up a step hill shift into low range and place the tractor into 4X4. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[LBrown59]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( they would never actually say to run it on the wheels. .
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They should be set 1/4 to 1/2 inch above the surface.
Are you runninf them to low and catching them on something that brakes them off?