LX4 cutter rear chain guard installed upside down

[mhalla]

<font color="green"> Does anyone know of a logical reason why the technician at my John Deere dealer would have installed the rear chain guard upside down on my new LX4?

I am reinstalling it rightside up this afternoon.

Dealer's closed for the day so I thought I would post this to the list to see if anyone has an answer or opinion about an alternate installation practice when it comes to rear guards.

The main difference appears to be in how low the chains hang. Upside down they only hang a little more than an inch or so below the frame.

My guess is it was a goof up on the part of the technician.

Mike </font>

 

[beenthere]

How about a picture?
Do you have the manual that goes with the cutter? It might show if there is any reason for installing it this way.

 

[mhalla]

<font color="green"> beenthere see: LX4 chain guard

The above is a link to a John Deere website that shows the normal installation of the rear chain guard. The technician that put together my LX4 at the dealer had the entire guard flipped 180 degrees end over end. Sorry I already took the guard off the LX4 but maybe you can visualize what I mean from the picture at the John Deere website. The manual shows the guard is to be installed like it is in website picture that is why I am reinstalling it.

Mike

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[beenthere]

He must have put it in the "storage" position. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Probably no "logical" reason for doing it that way either. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif