Mowing JD2210 Mower Height Control Knob

[CHUCKG]

Is it just me or is anyone else finding that this knob is quite hard to turn. I've got about 21 hours on my 2210 now with a 62C mower deck and I am still not able to turn the mower height control knob while sitting in the tractor seat. I have to physically get off the tractor so I can get some body leverage and a firm hand grip on the knob in order to turn it.

I always make certain that the mower deck is fully raised, otherwise, you can't turn the mower height control knob at all. I've checked the distance between the lift arms and the frame stop with the mower in the fully raised position and it falls close to the recommended gap of about 1/16th of an inch. I do have some possible tweaking room here.

Just wondering if others have encountered this same problem or possibly found a solution that I haven't discovered.

Chuck

 

[tacbat]

I have the same problem, I can not get it to the lock position. There has been several post on this my dealer says he will correct it at the 50hr service. The posts I have read say it is a installion problem.
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Bill

 

[Hambone]

I too was having some difficulty. I romoved mower deck, got under tractor. Under were the control knob there is a wheel off sort, I lubed with WD40, seems to work lots better. I think my decal was installed wrong as far as lock position. I can keep it all the way up and know were to set for the height I need.

 

[wisconsinguy]

hi :

We had a lot of talk about this a few months ago, maybe do a search going back several months. A little lube will help loosen the knob up but it still seems kinda of stiff or maybe it is just hard to get a good grip on it sitting on the tractor. It is pretty common for them to be delivered with the decal on wrong, the dealer knew of this and gave me a new decal. It seems this mower and 2210 set up is a bit different then other tractors and the dealers don't take the time to read the manuals and set them up right. The manual explains it pretty good, it just takes a bit of tiime to set it up or make the dealer do it if you don't want to play with it.

Phil