PROBLEM
POSSIBLE CAUSE
POSSIBLE REMEDY
Gearbox noisy
1. Replace bearing
2. Check level and add oil
1. Worn bearings
2. Low oil in gearbox
Blades wear too fast
1. Increase cutting height.
2. increase cutting height, remove rocks.
3. Increase cutting height.
1. Cutting in sandy conditions
2. Cutting in rocky conditions
3. Blades hitting ground
Mower moves from side to side
when cutting.
1. Adjust sway chains. bars or
sway blocks.
1. Loose tractor sway chains, bars or
sway blocks improperly installed.
Mower seems to require excessive
power.
1. Reduce forward travel speed
2. Raise mower and reset wheels.
3. Sharpen or replace blades.
4. Use larger horsepower tractor
5. Allow grass to dry before mowing.
6. Slow ground speed of tractor but,
keep engine running at full PTO RPM.
Make two passes, raise mower for
first pass and lower for second pass.
1. Advancing into grass too rapidly
2. Hitting ground.
3. Worn or dull blades.
4. Tractor not large enough
5. Grass wet
6. Grass too tall and heavy
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