Ride on mower issue!

[rosslyn46]

I have Stiga Park 340X with the blade on the front cutting deck. The front blade keeps seizing up and I cant cut the grass. We have to get under the mower and force it and eventually it turns any ideas why this keeps happening? The other 2 blades turn fine.
Thanks

 

[br jones]

I have Stiga Park 340X with the blade on the front cutting deck. The front blade keeps seizing up and I cant cut the grass. We have to get under the mower and force it and eventually it turns any ideas why this keeps happening? The other 2 blades turn fine.
Thanks

Take the belt cover off and have a ,look.sounds like a bearing failure

 

[goodevans]

I have Stiga Park 340X with the blade on the front cutting deck. The front blade keeps seizing up and I cant cut the grass. We have to get under the mower and force it and eventually it turns any ideas why this keeps happening? The other 2 blades turn fine.
Thanks

I'll have look at mine in about 2 months time and tell you

 

[rosslyn46]

I'll have look at mine in about 2 months time and tell you

2 months time?

 

[rosslyn46]

Take the belt cover off and have a ,look.sounds like a bearing failure

Will do

 

[goodevans]

2 months time?

Staying in the garage till then,you must live in better climes than me

 

[rosslyn46]

Take the belt cover off and have a ,look.sounds like a bearing failure

If it is, is it an easy fix, meanign can you easily do it by yourself or is it a specialist job?

 

[Wooly]

You shouldn't have such a big lawn............... you posh person !!

I could sell you a sheep to do the lawn mowing. Then when the grass stops growing in the winter, you can eat the sheep.

 

[Timbo]

I have Stiga Park 340X with the blade on the front cutting deck. The front blade keeps seizing up and I cant cut the grass. We have to get under the mower and force it and eventually it turns any ideas why this keeps happening? The other 2 blades turn fine.
Thanks

You have a bearing gone thats binding up.

 

[rosslyn46]

You have a bearing gone thats binding up.

If it is, is it an easy fix, meaning can you easily do it by yourself or is it a specialist job?

 

[Timbo]

If it is, is it an easy fix, meaning can you easily do it by yourself or is it a specialist job?

Take mower to a repairer. Have them change all bearings, and belt if needed, not just the problem one.

 

[rosslyn46]

Take mower to a repairer. Have them change all bearings, and belt if needed, not just the problem one.

Ok thanks for the feedback

 

[Dry Rot]

If it's anything like my Kubota GR1600, transmission to the blades is through a bolt on each rotor which holds two cup washers in place by friction. This friction is achieved by tightening the nut which compresses two cup washers onto the blade. The temper in those washers is eventually lost through metal fatigue and along with it the pressure and friction that transmit the drive to the blade. I suspect that blade is just spinning which is why it won't cut. You need to take off the cutting deck and turn it upside down and replace those cup washers which are wearing parts. Not sure if your mower is mechanically similar to mine but if it is, the washers are not too expensive and any reasonably competent mechanic ought to be able to change them. But get a copy of the manual which should be available free to download from the internet. Have fun!

 

[rosslyn46]

If it's anything like my Kubota GR1600, transmission to the blades is through a bolt on each rotor which holds two cup washers in place by friction. This friction is achieved by tightening the nut which compresses two cup washers onto the blade. The temper in those washers is eventually lost through metal fatigue and along with it the pressure and friction that transmit the drive to the blade. I suspect that blade is just spinning which is why it won't cut. You need to take off the cutting deck and turn it upside down and replace those cup washers which are wearing parts. Not sure if your mower is mechanically similar to mine but if it is, the washers are not too expensive and any reasonably competent mechanic ought to be able to change them. But get a copy of the manual which should be available free to download from the internet. Have fun!

thank you