Don't do what I did and 400+ hours on my husqvarna z254f zeroturn
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- Опубликовано: 27 апр 2023
- instead of replacing the transmissions, i would try getting some of these first and see if that works. way cheaper.
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Thank God I found your video after searching RUclips for a couple hours… two springs fixed my mower as well… it’s pulling better than it ever has!!!
That is awesome. I'm glad to hear that. Thanks for the comment.
Thanks for sharing this!
Bought an older 48" cut, used, some years ago. It started not going forward. Found the idler spindle frozen to the idler arm for the drive belt. Disassembled, cleaned and reamed out the idler arm hole to .001" over. Lubed, reassembled and no more problems.
Nice info thanks for the comment
Glad you found the problem.
Yea, I wish I didn't have to buy 2 new transmissions to figure that out. Oh well, that's why I did the video so no one does the same thing I did. Thanks for the comment
bought one yesterday, cut about 2 acres of 2 foot tall grass and weeds, it does great. I am impressed. I have the 54 inch deck, have 5 acres to cut.
That's awesome, I'm glad you like it. I know it's not an expensive commercial grade mower but I use it like one and it's still holding up.
I’ve been using mine like a commercial mower for 2 years now…added the extra spring and the mower is better than new…if I bought a new one I would definitely add the extra spring immediately.
@stafford7208 I agree... you would never think a $5 spring would save some much headache. Thanks for the comment and glad this video is reaching out to many people.
Sounds like applying spray on belt dressing to the belts (which is very sticky and increases the grip) would be just as effective and a lot cheaper. I do that to my ride on mower as a matter of course.
thats possible it could work for some but in my case, when the wire was ran over either the belt stretched or the spring did. but the springs are like $3 or something like that. But hey give that a shot first, if not then try my way out. thanks for the comment
My spring hooks to other side(2023)
Did you remove, clean, and grease the pivot bolt the spring is mounted to? At 270 hr, mine was frozen. The pulley was unable to pivot resulting in slippage.
No I did not, mine seem to be fine on that part. Definitely something to keep an eye on though. Thanks for the comment.
I have a 2 year old z48……I noticed that the left side is a little off when going forward. Should I double up on the spring on my z48? And what’s the spring called ? Thanks
I would give it a shot, it's a drive spring I believe and they are like $8. It worked for me and it may for you too. But if not it's $8( not a big loss, verses buying transmissions and find out it's a spring, start small). Hope that helps
That was painful to hear. Sorry man. We have all pissed money away working on cars mowers excetra. Could you not had found a zero turn with a bad deck or motor. Most all of these type of mowers only use a couple different size drives. Most are all made by MTD.
Not to rub it in but I bought this mower in a 2 blade 46 used that said needs belt and battery sold as is. it was at a local farm center. So I told him if I bought a battery and it starts and moves I will take it. I knew getting the deck going was going to be not near as expensive as a drive. It started right up and I look at the hour meter and it said 4.5 hours. Some dude bought it new and hit something it broke a spindle bent a blade and then it would never restart. It was new so he took it back and they sent it to a local repair shop to fix the motor. I guess the sudden dead stop sheard the key shaft on the flywheel and it was out of time. So the fix it but they kept it all winter before getting to it. They kept it outside. A new mower just left it in the rain and snow for about six months. The nex spring the dude was ready to get his mower back and when they pulled it around and it was weathered he said I am not taking that it was brand new. SO some how the gave him a new mower and this one was suppose to went back on warranty but never did. So 2 years later the farm center manager just wanted it gone and put it out front with a sign. $200 As is need blade belt and battery. So I grabbed it up lightning fast. I had to put a spindle on it and new blades but the belt was good but the tension spring was missing. So I got a almost new 2021 z246 for less than $350.
That's awesome, $350.Nice
I've had very similar problems with my Zero turn Husqvarna. The right side often barely works. Seems OK for the first 10 minutes or so. Local dealer said sometimes air gets into the hydraulics!
Thanks for this info re the spring. It has been missing badly so yesterday I took the fuel tank off and drained it and checked the line to the engine. Lo and behold it had clogged with dust etc that had gotten into the fuel tank.
Thanks for the info and the comment
What year model is it? I thought they had 3 year bumbper to bumper warranty? Just having a problem understanding why you would have thought the trannys went out at 400 hours?
It's a 2019 model it did have the 36 month warranty. It would have been right at the threshold. After my wife got ahold of it and fixing what carnage was done the warranty was up. And after all of that was fixed is when I found out the trans wasn't working properly. And after the rebuilds and all the time and buying new ones is when I realized it was just the spring for the tensioner. Added an extra one and boom it's fixed. Thanks for the comment
How did you get the spring on? Mine goes to the right hand side and i bought a new one to try this but im not strong enough to pull it on. Z254f
I had a big zip tie, however a piece of rope might work as well. Hooked one side on the frame went through wheel well with the zip tie got the other hook and pulled and hooked it on the stud. Hope that helps, thanks for the comment
I am not able to see what you mean by double up on the spring, did you put another spring on the other side or two on the same dide
I know it's hard to see but there is 2 springs on one side. They look like one but I assure you there's two. Hope this helps and thanks for watching.
Check your spindles to make sure they are straight and not bent and the blades. both of these will cause vibration .
Thanks and you are correct. When it was vibrating and after a few springs later. I found out that when my wife ran over the fencing/wire the belt had melted a pulley so it wasn't balanced. I replaced the pulley and others and the vibration stopped. However the left transmission didn't want to work properly. So I rebuilt it (nothing changed), so I bought 2 new transmissions (replaced and still no change) and then after many videos I noticed people had 2 springs on the tensioner pulley, so that's what I did and now it runs great again. I just want everyone to know not to make the same mistake I did, waste $1500 when all it was was a $3 spring I needed to add.
How much do you want for the rebuilt transaxles?
If I sold them it would be for both and $800 for both of them, i think would be fair, if someone came and picked them up that is. Thanks for the interest.
Where did you get the springs what are they called
I think its a drive spring and you can google it. I think i went through
Partselect.com
I am looking at buying one of these. Can you explain the purpose of the spring? Is it to help the levers return to neutral? Thanks for sharing and sorry for the cost and frustration.
The extra spring is to put more tension on the pulley so the drive belt doesn't slip. It was after I had it for a couple years before it had that issue ( which you may never have). I only had the issue after I fixed some things on it after my wife ran over wire fence and messed it up.... hope that helps. Thanks for the comment.
I have a link in the description below for it.
You think i could use it for a small business? Maybe 20 25 yards a week?
I dont see that being an issue at all. I do 5 acres a week on it, so go for it. Thanks for the comment.
Hey man you you have your drive belt tension pulley and spring going on the wrong side . You had drive problems because of a drive belt is worn and is not in the right position. Look back at your light kit video it shows pulley going to right side. Replace drive belt and fix belt placement it will work better. You are not alone in doing this. I have fixed many others that did the same thing.
I'll check the next time I go out but I'm pretty sure I have it hooked to the left side. (Could be my camera inverted the picture so it looks like its going to the opposite side). I appreciate the comment and I'll give it a look. Thanks
@@investinurself3445 wecanfixit has good video on belt routing
You had a transmission drive belt slipping.
Yep that's what it was
I will never buy another Husqvarna again. At 270 hours I was told I had to replace both transmissions just after warranty expired. $950 each plus shipping plus labor. I bought another brand instead.
Husqvarna uses Turbo-Gear transmissions, which are on many mower brands, so you need to check which transmissions you have if you think that was the problem. Not very many manufacturers make their own engines or transmissions.
What brand did you go with instead?
Piled up before 300hrs?? Hm
Huskys aren't top of the line but I've never had a "lemon" problem with their machines
Sorry you had that issue, hopefully it wasn't someone just trying to make money off of you. Like I said I thought it was the transmissions and turned out I just need more pressure on the tensioner pulley and all was good. But as above those transmissions are in quite a few zero turns like cub cadet and I bought my transmissions for $900 each and that was after I rebuilt them and thought I had messed them up. I didn't and I bought new transmissions for no reason which is why I did this video.
Dang it looks terrible for 400hrs
Yep we were rough on it, replaced and did maintenance on it and looks pretty good now. A lot of the things I ordered for it seemed to be back ordered. Have short videos on my phone of some of it but didn't make a video for it. But I basically took it all apart and cleaned it all up replaced anything missing or broke
@investinurself3445 that's heavy right on man. I picked up a 46" it's got the Briggs/husky engine which is OK. Would have preferred a kawi or even Kohler. The reason I was trolling ye is because I'm experiencing some issues with the steering arms- right one is finicky and doesn't seem to have the radius or smooth movements that the left one does. Also the throttle after running it for a while if you try to throttle down before shutting it off it doesn't drop revs. Any advice? I'm going to go through what you're talking about in your video.
@ProteusOmnipotens-ov8oo I'm not sure if it was new or used but I would assume used or it has some time ran, as for the throttle I would say that sounds like the carb needs cleaned or the wire that adjust the throttle needs adjusted. For the arm being kinda weird I couldn't really tell you. Could just need some lube on something or even the joint is bent to some degree, that would need some more looking into. Hopefully this helps to some degree and sorry I can't be more helpful but without it being in front of me it's hard to say.
You didn't rebuild a damn thing you bought a whole new transmission bahahahahahahahaha
Lol. What's up troll. I did rebuild the transmission and thought I messed something up so I bought a new transmission. Come to fine out I didn't, I just needed to add a spring. Thanks for the comment and supporting the channel.
So you rebuilt the transmission but you can't find some screws to fix the pulley guard??? Ok buddy whatever you say 🤦🏻♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Glad you watched the video Buddy!
What a gomer of all the videos to troll he picks a lawn mower repair video which he couldn't even afford to rebuild or buy new himself.
Tits on a bull that guy