Deck height adjustment

[S.A.E.]

In the meantime, I lowered the cable pins to the lowest hole on the lift arms and that made it worse so back to square one.

Sorry, I only had your most recent post in view at the time of my response to you about the hole location: self drilled or not. Will reload the thread now that I know you were the original poster

 

[S.A.E.]

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.

Are you satisfied with the range/travel offered by the height adjustment lever at the side of the seat?
thanks

 

[S.A.E.]

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.

Until I get you some pics, ....are you satisfied that the deck raise handle, it's mechanisms and rods below the seat, the cable lift pulleys, the lift arms, and the cables themselves are in spec? (correct, not bent, not stretched, correctly bushed, and properly routed?).

That the blades themselves are EXACTLY equal distant as measured from the underside of the deck to each tip? (takes out the possibility of incorrect spindles, bent blades, wrong blades, incorrectly installed/sharpened blades, etc.....)

thanks

 

[ljb]

Until I get you some pics, ....are you satisfied that the deck raise handle, it's mechanisms and rods below the seat, the cable lift pulleys, the lift arms, and the cables themselves are in spec? (correct, not bent, not stretched, correctly bushed, and properly routed?).

That the blades themselves are EXACTLY equal distant as measured from the underside of the deck to each tip? (takes out the possibility of incorrect spindles, bent blades, wrong blades, incorrectly installed/sharpened blades, etc.....)

thanks

I have checked everything you mentioned and all seems fine but when I placed the pins in the lowest hole, the deck lift handle went to the 4th position from the top before the deck topped out. That makes the deck much lower than before, when the lift handle would go all the way up. The issue is only with the adjusting nut being in the highest position and still cutting lower on that side.

 

[S.A.E.]

I have checked everything you mentioned and all seems fine but when I placed the pins in the lowest hole, the deck lift handle went to the 4th position from the top before the deck topped out. That makes the deck much lower than before, when the lift handle would go all the way up. The issue is only with the adjusting nut being in the highest position and still cutting lower on that side.

Thank you for that information. I understand that in position 4 (from the highest setting), the deck will not raise any further. I might re-visit that issue later after viewing my neighbor's machine. I would be interest to know that is preventing further "up" travel of the deck (unable to move the height adjust lever to a higher positon)... the deck "top" actually coming into contact? with what? the cables not being able to be pulled further thru the pulleys ?

Let me get eyes on the machine.... within a week....
thanks

 

[ljb]

Thank you for that information. I understand that in position 4 (from the highest setting), the deck will not raise any further. I might re-visit that issue later after viewing my neighbor's machine. I would be interest to know that is preventing further "up" travel of the deck (unable to move the height adjust lever to a higher positon)... the deck "top" actually coming into contact? with what? the cables not being able to be pulled further thru the pulleys ?

Let me get eyes on the machine.... within a week....
thanks

Thanks for your help Scot. I will wait for your response.

 

[evh]

Make sure the lever that raises and lowers the deck is not bent. I had an LTX1045 and I seem to remember that being an issue.

 

[S.A.E.]

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.

I finally revisited the mower for a pic to show where I relocated the height adjustment cable's pin and marked the spot with some white paint for easy ID in the future. Here the deck has been leveled and the adjuster cam nut is centered, allowing yet further left/right adjustment to be possible as needed. I used the same relative location for the cable's pin on each side of the machine.

 

[ljb]

I finally revisited the mower for a pic to show where I relocated the height adjustment cable's pin and marked the spot with some white paint for easy ID in the future. Here the deck has been leveled and the adjuster cam nut is centered, allowing yet further left/right adjustment to be possible as needed. I used the same relative location for the cable's pin on each side of the machine.

Hello S.A.E. That position is exactly where I moved my cable pins to. However, I could only lift the deck about halfway with the adjusting lever which made my deck lower than before. When I tested that height in my lawn, it was cutting way too short. I could not lift the deck any higher because of the cables being tight. So, I just put the pins in the original spot and will live with it. Thanks for your reply though. Appreciate it.