Try this on!!!

GerardC · May 18, 2004

( Well, rback33 was right. The dealers mechanic forgot the gear oil when he assembled the deck. The bearings seized. They replaced the bearings and had me back on the road in two hours. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif)

When I got my Greenfield FM5500 PHD, the first thing I did was check the gearbox. Yup, it's full /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif. G

pilonidal · May 18, 2004

The gears looked fine. About two hours before they seized. Weird that they went for about 1.5 hours straight. Then a break for a few weeks then lasted maybe 15 mins before "BANG".

KiotiJohn · May 19, 2004

( The gears looked fine. About two hours before they seized. Weird that they went for about 1.5 hours straight. Then a break for a few weeks then lasted maybe 15 mins before "BANG". )
Glad to hear it wasn't any worse. The lesson here is to not trust that things are done by others. The first thing anyone should do is to assure that all the bolts are tight and everything is greased properly. Sometimes, in the rush to get a tractor out, things are overlooked, but ultimately, if you're going to get on that deadly weapon, you want to be sure everythings right. Now go cut some grass!

pilonidal · May 19, 2004

Lesson learned /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif , uhh I have weeds, no grass yet. Ran a harrow through the weeds, now I am getting a stone rake today. It looks like a lunar landscape. Softball to volleyball size stones everywhere. Like they were cast as seeds. Unreal site. Lots of work ahead.

Dewave · May 19, 2004

Softball to volleyball size stones everywhere. Like they were cast as seeds. Unreal site. Lots of work ahead. 

You're making my back hurt. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif Good Luck

KiotiJohn · May 21, 2004

( Lesson learned , uhh I have weeds, no grass yet.)
Hey, I learned my lesson about putting the ROPS down before going into my shed, but only after having bashed the heck out of it twice! There's always something that gets overlooked, so I hope you don't think that I or others are ragging you at all. If it were not for weeds, I wouldn't have much lawn! This lack of rain we're experiencing here in N.E. Florida isn't helping that situation. I'm just not going to water all this lawn. John

pilonidal · May 21, 2004

I have to much rain. Rented the stone rake Wed. for a week and now it won't stop raining. Weatherman said it would clear and be sunny. Only scattered rain. Well it has scattered over my place everyday - allllll day. Too muddy for the rake now. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

KiotiJohn · May 22, 2004

I saw on the news today that there's a lot of rain all over up that way. Sorry to hear it. And here we sit, dry dry dry. Could really use some water around here, and when it does come, it probably won't stop /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif John

JayC · May 22, 2004

With the storms that just passed through today, we got about an inch and a half to two inches in about 30 minutes! This rain just will not stop. Everything is waterlogged here. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif