Deck height adjustment

Hi folks. My 2012 LTX1046 is cutting slightly lower on the height adjustment side. The height adjustment nut is on the highest possible setting. What else could I do to level this deck? Thanks for your help.

ljb said:

Hi folks. My 2012 LTX1046 is cutting slightly lower on the height adjustment side. The height adjustment nut is on the highest possible setting. What else could I do to level this deck? Thanks for your help.

Click to expand...

If the deck is actually leveled correctly, and tire pressure is correct, and you still need to raise deck a bit, try this. Put some type of bushing on the adjustment rod after removing the bolt. Adjust as needed. The bushing should raise deck more.

The deck is leveled correctly, and the tire pressure is correct. Excuse my ignorance, but I don't understand how a bushing would work. The large adjusting nut rides in notches and moves the deck either up or down, and I have adjusted it as high as it will go. There is a bolt that locks the nut into place. Thanks for your reply though.

ljb said:

The deck is leveled correctly, and the tire pressure is correct. Excuse my ignorance, but I don't understand how a bushing would work. The large adjusting nut rides in notches and moves the deck either up or down, and I have adjusted it as high as it will go. There is a bolt that locks the nut into place. Thanks for your reply though.

Click to expand...

The adjustment rod normally has threads that end, therefore you can’t keep tightening the nut. By putting a spacer, shim, washer, bushing onto the rod, you are able to keep raising the deck slightly.

Tiger Small Engine said:

The adjustment rod normally has threads that end, therefore you can’t keep tightening the nut. By putting a spacer, shim, washer, bushing onto the rod, you are able to keep raising the deck slightly.

Click to expand...

Thanks again for your response. My deck does not have the hanging rods that are adjustable. As I mentioned earlier, my deck has the adjusting nut shown below. Also, the pull pins are already on the highest hole.

Just helped a neighbor with the BS ScrubCadet stupid leveling contraption. His 2012 USA (not AU)1050(?) would not raise enough to allow cutting thru Bermuda and eject properly and with force at a height above about 2 inches. His mower's issue was that even at highest settings possible, correctly "leveled" out, the cut height was not high enough. With the rotatable adjuster (shown in previous post) set to the max. height the steel deck's outer perimeter actually still rubbed the soil even with the height adjustment handle set to the mid-range slots. (Yes the anti-scalp wheels were even further depressed into the soil than the deck's perimeter). The lower travel of the height adjustment handle would never be needed (nor useful in any situation), and the upper travel only allowed a max. 2- 21/2 inch cut.

I am not nearby to photo which non-standard (not the factory used setting) holes in the "lift arms" that was able to finally struggle enough to pin the lift cables through, but it worked. ... well! Now the height adjust lever moves the deck perimeter from soil's surface thru about 4-5 inches (didn't measure).

BONUS: the ScrubCadet's rotatable height nut can be placed mid-travel, allowing a more true left-to-right side leveling authority.

I couldn't find a compete enough diagram in my 3 service and parts manuals to show the holes I chose. ..sorry.



In other cases; MY USUAL GO TO info channel. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=taryl+fixes+all