Hello my name is Justin. I live in Brookville Ohio
Good morning & welcome from Tennessee!
I'm originally from Hamilton & mother/father were from Piqua/Findlay.
Here's a question for you since you stated your background (it's not big enough of a concern for me to take machine to be fixed)
I have a JD 430, bought it used so don't know it's history nor how it worked "new".
Long story short, machine works fine however, the mowing deck doesn't raise as high on the right side as it does on the left. A year ago, I poked around looking to see if I could figure out why and everything appeared to me, to be fine so moved on.
So, to reiterate, the left side of the deck will raise (we'll call it) "100%" and the right side of the deck will rise only 20%. My question is, SHOULD the deck lift as high on the right as the left, is the droop a design reality (I hate to call it a flaw) or could I have something that needs looked into?
Appreciate any thoughts.
Richard