PROBLEM
POSSIBLE CAUSE
POSSIBLE REMEDY
Streaking
1. Operate PTO at 540 RPM.
2. Replace with correct specified blades.
3. Sharpen blades uniformly.
4. Slow tractor’s ground speed but
maintain 540 RPM PTO speed.
5. Slow down until cured.
6. Tighten per instructions on
maintenance section in this manual.
7. Apply belt dressing or replace it with
a correct specified belt.
8. Tighten blade nut securely.
9. Allow grass to dry before mowing.
1. Slow blade tip speed
2. Worn blade tips
3. Dull blades
4. Blades unable to cut the part of
grass pressed down by tractor’s
tire path or mower’s casters
5. Mowing too fast
6. Drive belt loose
7. Belt glazed/slipping
8. Blade loose on spindle
9. Conditions too wet for mowing
Grass discharges from mower unevenly
or bunches along a swath
1. Slow tractor’s ground speed but
maintain 540 RPM PTO speed. Raise
the mower for the first pass and lower
to the desired cutting height for the
second and cut at 90 degrees to the
first pass. Raise the rear of mower
high enough to allow the grass to
discharge, but not too high for
streaking to occur.
2. Tighten belt or replace with a correct
specified belt.
3. Allow grass to dry before mowing.
Slow tractor’s ground speed but
maintain 540 RPM PTO speed.
Cut the grass at a lower height.
1. Grass is too high and too coarse
2. Belt slipping
3. Grass is wet
TROUBLESHOOTING
Damaged Belt
1. Replace it with correct specified belt
1. Rollover, high shock loads or
installation damage
25
BE-FMxRDG
