Recent content by Crunchynut

Thanks for your advice. I do feel the purge worked fine with no air produced on the second run so the first was probably successful. I have expansion tanks on each axle so easy to monitor. I may do as you say and have another go but first I’d like to garner more opinion on what level of noise...

I’m running hydrogear ZT3100 transaxles on my zero turn mower. I know they need to be purged of air to run properly and a sign they have entrapped air is that they are noisy. I have purged mine following the set procedure twice, first as part of oil change and the second time after a running...

My mower has done 2 seasons domestic use with 13 hrs on the clock. It has HydroGear ZT3100 transaxles. Maintenance schedule says 100hrs to the first transaxle oil change but that would be 15 years away ! The other problem is that the mower was delivered with one of the reservoirs a bit low, and...

Posting this in case it helps someone with the same problem. Travelling in reverse, my Ariens Apex zero turn was going at different speeds between axles. Although you can adjust the problem with the controls by slowing the quicker side, it means the overall reversing speed is less. So I...

I’m a new Apex owner too. 48” deck. What’s the issue with deck vibration?

Hi all, I’m running ZT-3100 on an Ariens zero turn mower. The bypass levers on both sides don’t seem to lock in the drive position, so after an hour’s mowing they have rattled from ‘fully in’ (drive) to nearly at the bypass position. Only a further 5mm pull is needed to put the transmission in...