Level Your Mower Deck
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2020
- Adjust and Level the deck on your riding mower or yard tractor yourself. This will allow you to get an even cut from your deck by leveling the mower deck and adjusting the height for each side. I'll also show you how to adjust the front of the deck for the best cut and how to adjust the anti-scalp wheels.
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Dennis Coffey
Coffey Craftsman Co
Adjust your mower deck
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Your videos have saved me $$$$$, are very informative and have given this single lady the confidence to get the jobs done!!!
Thank You!!
Brother without your videos I may have cost myself some money. I was almost whipped messing with this mower today. Good ole Dennis Coffey on RUclips saved the day
Thanks so much, Branden! I really appreciate the kind words and thank for watching! I'm glad this helped.
I have owned this exact garden tractor for almost 4 years now. I had no previous experience with any tractors before buying this one. Previous to finding your videos, I have had my local repair shop do all my service needs, but now with your videos I think I am ready to try some of this on my own and save some money...as well as give myself more self confidence around my machines. Thank you and keep the videos coming!
Thanks for watching, Brett! I'm glad the vids are helpful!!
Brett, I am in EXACTLY the SAME situation as you. I've never done any of this before either. Just got done doing a full tune up after watching all these videos, and am now going to finally level my deck. (which it has needed for a long time!) It sure is easy after watching these instruction videos.
@@dwcoffey So, I work at a Western Auto store. Blast from the past, I know. We've been in business for going on 83 years, now, and ours might literally be the last WA in existence. Anyway, we sell Husqvarna mowers, and deck leveling is the latest of the various random jobs I've been tasked with over the years. I've got NO experience with this. I'm not even handy worth a damn, at all... so this video has been a godsend. Just wanted to say thanks man!
Great video. Straightforward and to the point. Not full of BS like so many out there! Thanks
Thanks for watching!!
Excellent explanation, not even our local dealer could explain it this well. Keep up with your amazing videos.
Thanks for watching! I appreciate your kind comment!
I've watched several of your husqvarna service videos. Really clear and easy to follow. Thank you, it's just the information I need to start servicing my mower myself.
I'm glad these are helpful! Thanks for supporting my channel!
You do such a great job on your videos! Thank you for taking the time to share you knowledge in a step by step process that can be repeated by most people.
Thank you very much for watching, Greg!
Thank you, Sir, I have not had a problem until today. After watching your video, I was able to resume cutting after my belt came off. I just dropped the deck and reconnected the belt!
That's great! Thanks for watching, Quintin!
Okay, Dennis, I had to follow up with you. I've had my Husqvarna rider for 12 years and have never leveled my deck. The last few years I've been scalping my lawn and wondered what the heck is going on. I thought, "Maybe it's my deck?" So I searched RUclips and your video came up. I watched your video, took notes, and went for it. My deck was soooo out of whack in the front and back and my scalp-preventing wheels were set on the top hole, so I lowered both to the bottom (we have lots of dips and valleys too). WOW. I did my 1st mow here in Ferndale, WA (where it's like a rain forest) and I was amazed at the difference. Thank you so much, Dennis, for taking the time to make this video. You literally saved me hours of time raking because my deck was cutting way too low...even on the highest setting!
That's great! I'm glad this worked for you! Yes, mine was fairly out of whack when new also. Thank you so much for watching.
Great videos! This is my first garden tractor mower and was not looking forward to taking the mower in for maintenance stuff. All of your videos helped me remove the deck and sharpen my blades and adjust the deck to where it needs to be!! Thanks and keep the videos coming!
Fantastic! Thanks for watching, Eric!
Appreciate your effort on this video. Well done
Thanks for watching!
Thanks, been using your videos for all of my general maintenance
That's great, Travis! I'm glad the vids are helpful. Thank you very much for watching!
Excellent job explaining with step by step instructions. Thank you!!!!
Thank you for watching!
Great instructions. I tried this once using the manual and got annoyed. This was clear and simple.
Thank you for watching, Don! I'm glad it helped and appreciate your support.
Great content delivered with a smile! Top notch Dennis!
Thank you so much, John! As always, I appreciate you watching!
Thank you so much Dennis for all your instruction videos. This is my first riding lawnmower. (Husqvarna YTH 24V48) I've never really done anything of this before so it's unfamiliar territory. HOWEVER, after watching most of your videos I find that's it's relativity easy, & something that I'm more than capable of doing myself, & in the process save a whole lot of money too.
That's fantastic Rick! Thanks for watching and I'm glad to know these are helpful!
Mr. Coffey your video is very helpful. It is my reference video whenever I need to level my YTA22V46 Husqvarna mower deck. About two hours ago I finished Leveling my Husqvarna MD.
Mr. Coffey thanks
Wonderful!! Thanks for watching, Luisa! I'm glad this has helped!
Good video on how to level the deck. Thank you for easy to follow instructions.
Thank you for watching, Mark!
Thank you Dennis. I’ve got the same tractor and this is something I’ve been meaning to do. You are very good at explaining things so now I know the proper procedure for leveling the deck. 👍
Thanks very much for watching, Mike!
Very helpful! Thanks. I agree that Husqvarnas don’t cut high enough
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for your videos. I can do all of the maintenance and adjustments thanks to you 👍🏻
Thank you for watching, Leslie!
Have been following your vids for a while to keep mine adjusted. Thank you
I'm glad they are helpful! Thanks for watching, Gary!
Thanks a lot Dennis it was a good video I was needing that this morning to fix my Husqvarna! Good video!
Thanks for watching, Kyle!
Thank you Dennis, I have a deck that was not even, with your instructions we were able to fix it. So glad to see you on RUclips
Former Barber Debra
Hi Debra!! Nice to see you here! I hope you are doing well. Thanks for watching and I'm glad this helped!
Thanks again, Dennis. I still am not sure that changing the drive belt will fix the tractor but now I know where it is and how to change it. Thank you!😀
Thank you Carol, I appreciate your support!
Omg! I learned so much in this one video! Thanks for teaching a 60 something old lady a thing or to she can do in her own. Well mostly im stubborn, so theres that. Please keep in detail the videos and im now a follower!
Thanks for watching! I'm glad this helped!
Great job on the video. Very helpful for a rider mower newbie like me!
Thank you for watching, Jim!!
Hi Mr Coffey great video. The Pastor of the church right next door to my house always asks me to fix things for them and just the other day I replaced the Spindles on their riding mower and he asked me to level the deck since one side cuts higher then the other, I told him it was the adjustment nut on the one side and now your video confirmed it for him. Thanks. :)
Thank you for watching! It's so nice of you to help him out, I'm glad these vids have helped!
Thanks Dennis, brilliant and clear instruction, cheers
Thank you for watching, Andrew!
Another great video thank you for your time and knowledge god bless keep it going...stay well...
Thank you so much Danny!! Same to you my friend...stay blessed and healthy!
thanks for doin gthe video. I normally do not comment, but after reading ALL the comments, I thought I would just say "thanks-you"
Thank you Scott! I really appreciate you watching, and the kind comment!
REALLY GREAT and informative videos. You are appreciated! It is reassuring I am doing everything I should be doing and doing it correctly.
Thanks for watching! I appreciate the support and the kind comment!
Thanks Dennis, I appreciate the information! I will put this in my toolbox.
Thank you John! I appreciate you watching!
@@dwcoffey how many hours does your tractor have?
Thank You for clarifying the difference between measuring off of the blades, vs measuring from the edge of the deck.
Thank you for watching, and thank you for your continued support, Lester!
Very helpful video Dennis..thanks for posting.
Thanks for watching, Robert!
Thanks Dennis. You just helped me to get the Husky to cut more even. Yes, these mowers only have about three height settings possible to cut at.......MAYBE 4 if I messed with the wheels. I've had my Husky 12 or 13 years and the cutting height issue is something that has bothered me. It's only a problem if you let your lawn go to long in the spring and it gets too tall. You can't cut high and lower it for a second pass. I just learned to get with it in the spring and don't let it go to long! LOL!!
Totally agree! Thanks for watching Pappa!
Just found your videos have been having trobles with cutting dirt on one side no bent blades or shafts this vid will help a great deal knowing how to adjust the deck
I'm glad these helped! Thanks for watching, Alan!
Awesome way you put that fixing a deck rite now on husquarvarna loss my washers trying to figure it out lol.. good job keep making good content.. I’ll be starting my channel soon John,s DIY superstars you were one of my motivators so be on the lookout for a tag and motivational thank you. Rock out and keep making good content brother..
Thanks for watching, John! I hope the new channel goes well, and I'll be on the lookout for it!
You are so right about measuring to the blade. I was getting frustrated by the ordeal until I eyed a long
3/4" wood dowel in my basement. I cut the dowel to about 2 1/2". I place the cutting blade per instructions in the manual and set the dowel against the blade and mark it with a pencil. I then put either a "R" or "L" for the
Side I mark. I use pencil so that I can erase the line when readjusting. Thanks for your video, enjoyed it.
Great way to do that! Thank you for watching, Michael!
Thanks, Dennis. Another good video.
Thank you for watching, as always!
An excellent video! Thanks a lot! This video was too the point and accurate. It helped me very quickly. Keep making the good videos.
Thank you Gregory! I appreciate you watching!
Thanks, Dennis! The manual made no sense at all but your video made it so simple.
That's great! Thanks for watching, Sarah!
Thank you for posting this!
Thank you for watching!
Man, great info and content! Thank you!
Thanks Anthony! I appreciate you watching!
Awesome video. Straight to the point
Thank you for watching, Dee!
I like 2" blade height. I have plastic caps from spray paint cans that are exactly 2" high, I slip them under the blade tips on the ends side to side, then a little less in the front blade tips turned to the front, and a little more with blade tips turned to the rear. Yep, getting a tape under there is a hassle. Look around, plastic caps are in all sizes, or you could cut some pvc or something.
Great idea! Thanks for watching!
Great video. You show where to adjust including what wrench to use.
Thanks for watching, Fredrick!
On my Husqvarna yth24v48 my deck has an adjustment linkage on both sides. I take it that I would have to adjust both sides to raise the deck. Also do I also need to adjust the front adjustment?
Nice, I like having an adjustment on both sides. I would set the height with the rear adjustments and then set the front to be slightly lower than the rear (about 1/4" to 1/2" lower).
Thanks for the information on leveling my deck. I have an JD240. And this method works.
Thanks
Thank you for watching, David!
I liked how you explained why you should or should not do a certain task and the "if you do this, this will be the results" factor. Digging the Fu-Manchu mustache too! Us "Gray Beards" gotta stick together.
Thanks Top! I appreciate your comments and appreciate you watching!
Thank you great step by step adjustment
Thank you for watching, Anthony!
Thank you! I didn't know about the front end adjustment.
Thanks for watching, Britt!
Came here because I thought my front-to-back height was off. Turns out it was pretty much dead-nuts accurate. Whew! Still gotta replace spindles and blades though. 😅
Thanks for watching!
I agree it doesn't mow high enough for my thick fescue.
Great video Bravo.
Thanks for watching, Buck!
Hey Dennis! It’s that time again, took the deck off my exact unit, came to look how I can avoid trouble putting it back on again. Great work on this video, one of the best so far!
Please share with me, one more time, on your go-to supplier for parts? I still need a gas tank gasket, and a carb rebuild kit. I promise to not lose it this time, and I’ll tell them you sent me!
John Paul
Thanks for watching, John! For parts I can't find on amazon, I go to Jack's Small Engines. They are a great source for nearly all mower parts.
Terrific video, thanks!
Thank you for watching, Dan!
Thanks for the heads up to adjust my mowers deck
Thanks for watching!
good instructions, worked for me .
I too do not like going under the mower to measure👍
Thanks for watching, Gordon!
Thank you mate! this help me a lot!
I'm glad this helped!! Thank you for watching!
Great tutorial video. Thank you.
Great point! Thank you for watching, Noel!
Sir thank you for your video it helps me with my mower!!!
Thanks for watching, Daniel!
Awesome video...thankful for your video
Thank you for watching!
Sir, How are you Good evening greetings from Mexico Welcome to you with your videos, very good content. God bless you and thank you for taking your time to explain us, thank you very much.
Thank yo so much, Luis! I appreciate you watching!
Great video, Dennis. Thanks a bunch and God bless you and yours too!
Thank you so much, I appreciate you watching!
Hey Dennis, nice, precise, well-explained video. I just picked up a YTH18K46 with only 260 hours on the Kawasaki engine. It looks almost new, you can tell it was properly maintained.
However... I did find the dreaded grass clumps underneath the engine/tank area that keeps the drive belt from being fully engaged. Cleaned all that debris out of there and thought hey, might as well do the deck. I jotted down some notes from this video and heading out to work her over. Thanks again for a very good video.
Sounds like a great find! Thanks for watching!
Great video! This helped me allot!
I'm glad this helped! Thank you for watching, Marty!
Thank you for this video series! I really appreciate your use of English versus Metric measurements, as that allows me to reach for a tool, and not go back to my pc and try to do the needful and make adjustments. I grew up in Texas, and Metric measurements were akin to Communism, so, it took a lot of time to be able to deal with how the rest of the world functions.
God bless you and thank you for your work.
Thank you so much for watching and commenting, I appreciate it!
Thanks for your work
Thanks for watching!
nice job thx clear and mellow explanation
Thanks for watching, Sam!
Thank you for making this video. My tractor has been cutting unevenly. I will try to level the deck to see if this works. My scalp wheels are definitely to high. Thanks again.
Thanks for watching, Mario!
Great video,appreciate your experience. God bless!
Thank you so much for watching!
@@dwcoffey I have a gt5000 craftsman that dies ever 5 min ,and will immediately crank back up mow 5 min it dies again. Can u help me ????@
Great vif! Im blind and was able to follow along
That's great to hear and I'm glad this was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Good job, learned a lot!
Thanks for watching, John!
great video especially like the key moments time!
Thank you for watching!
Very helpful. Thanks
Thanks for watching, Mark!
Thanks your video was actually usefull.
Thank you for watching!
Thanks for your tutorial lesson
Thank you for watching, George!
Great video. Thank you!
Thank you for watching, Mark!
Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching!
Great videos. You saved me a bunch of time this year by your video on the flat free front tires. I got mine from Amazon. Took longer finding my tools than it did the actual replacement. Anyway, unless I missed it how about a video on an easy quick way to disable the engine kill switch. I know its a safety feature but it adds a lot of wear and tear on the starter. Thanks,
Thanks for watching! Yea, I love those never-flats! On my tractor, if I set the parking brake and disengage the blades, I can get out of the seat and the tractor will stay running. Give that a try, it may work on your model also.
Awesome, will try it Thanks
Thank you for the info. Really enjoy all your video. They have been very helpful. Should you level your mower every time you mow or just a few times during the mowing season? I watched your videos and they really helped me out , thanks again .
Thanks for watching, Daniel! I only check mine when I change the blades or when I see that I'm not cutting level (like if I notice may first pass across the lawn isn't quite level). Normally it wont get out of level unless you hit something, etc.
Great Instructions. My tires were not inflated properly. It made it hard to level the deck. After proper inflation, it was a 10 min task to level it.
That's great! Thanks for watching, Les!
My new Husqvarna ts242, the back tires were 30 psi, but should be 10 and the front tires take 30 psi..helped somewhat, next is leveling the deck..thanks for your video.
Thanks for watching, Jody!
Thank you for informing me how to.
Thank you for watching, Paul!
Great video......thanks
Thank you! I appreciate you watching!
This was great bud thanks!
Thanks for watching, Stephen!
Stephen....His name is DENNIS NOT BUD.
I have also found that cutting a block of wood to the height I want my grass and setting it under the blades works fairly quickly for and accurate adjustment.
Great idea! Thanks for watching, Brad!
Thanks Dennis. I enjoy all your content. You may have said - are you in Georgia?
Thanks for watching, John! Yes sir, I am in Georgia
I have found that using a scrap piece of 2x4 (4”-5” in length) is an easy way to confirm the floor to cutting edge height. I place the deck on the 3 1/2” height setting, then slide the 2x4 block underneath the deck to see where it meets the cutting edge. Since the actual width of the 2x4 is 3 1/2”, you simply adjust the deck until the cutting edge meets the top of the 2x4 block.
Thank you for watching, Jim!
Thanks for a really nice video! A suggestion: At 7:37 when you are tightening the locknut with your 11/16 wrench, you should hold the adjustment nut with the 3/4 wrench so it doesn't move out of adjustment. This is why they are different sizes, so you don't need two wrenches of the same size.
Thank you for watching, Rich!
All questions answered thanks !
Thank you for watching, Andreas!
Thank you sir much appreciated
Thank you for watching!
Nice information share.
Thanks for watching, John!
Nice video
Thank you for watching, Edward!
Great video, I have the same mower, and have watched just about every video you have made. I was going to ask you how I could raise the height of cut, but you answered my question at the end of your video. Maybe another of your viewers has a solution. There does not seem to be enough room to put bigger tires on. I just inflate my tires to double what it calls for.🤷🏻♂️
Rick, Easiest would be to add a spacer block to where the transmission bolts to the frame. You would verify how much you can go to not put too much of an angle on the drive belt. 1/2 or 1" square tubing from the hardware store for the rear and larger tires on the front.
Thanks for watching, Rick! Yes, I've said I was going to figure out how to modify the deck linkage to raise it a bit, but haven't had a chance to do it yet.
Awesome
Greatly appreciated your video.
Very helpful.
I have a YTH24V48LS Fabricated deck. Hope the steps you showed are same for my Fabricated deck.
Thanks. Stay safe. Stay well.
Thanks for watching! I'd like to have a fabricated deck. I'm sure it is better than the stamped one.
Thank you for directions that are easy to follow and understand. The owners manual stinks.
I'm glad this helped! Thanks for watching!
Ty very helpful
Thank you for watching, Ann!
Man! Just this weekend I was thinking about how I could level my mower! Are you watching my computer? :)
dennis isn't but "they" are.
LOL! Thanks for watching, Ronnie! I'm glad I got this out when I did then!!
You are the man 👨
Thank you again, Bill! I appreciate your support!