joea99
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Got an older (of course) 240 garden tractor with the 3 blade mowing deck and Kawasaki 13 HP engine.
Recently rebuilt the mower deck completely. Both belts are new. Last two time I had it out and mowing, it appears to be "lunging". That is, at any speed, it seems to slow, then speed up. No perceptible change in engine speed. But I am wearing ear protection these days.
At first I though it was just a rear tire that went flat while I was out. Crept back to barn an pumped it up and finished mowing. Not sure if it was still lunging badly then, but certainly a lot less. It is a very bumpy field having hosted a family of burrowing rodent for a couple season. They finally moved on, or succumbed to my doctoring.
This time I pumped up the tire first and it is worse than ever. I do see a bubble in the sidewall of the left tire, but I doubt that has bearing. Except on the money I wasted on an inner tube for that tire. Although, it might still be serviceable anyway.
Back on topic. Am I looking at a bad transmission here?
Recently rebuilt the mower deck completely. Both belts are new. Last two time I had it out and mowing, it appears to be "lunging". That is, at any speed, it seems to slow, then speed up. No perceptible change in engine speed. But I am wearing ear protection these days.
At first I though it was just a rear tire that went flat while I was out. Crept back to barn an pumped it up and finished mowing. Not sure if it was still lunging badly then, but certainly a lot less. It is a very bumpy field having hosted a family of burrowing rodent for a couple season. They finally moved on, or succumbed to my doctoring.
This time I pumped up the tire first and it is worse than ever. I do see a bubble in the sidewall of the left tire, but I doubt that has bearing. Except on the money I wasted on an inner tube for that tire. Although, it might still be serviceable anyway.
Back on topic. Am I looking at a bad transmission here?
