I recently looked at and purchased a used Husqvarna LGT48DXL, according to what I find online it has a Tuff Torq K46 transmission. By all indications it is right at 4 years old, supposedly used on a 3/4 to 1 acre lot for those years. The hour meter is damaged from some outdoor storage, so I have no idea of the true hours. When test driving, it seemed to drift forward pretty easily on a moderate hill (not the same property where it was originally used - supposedly that was pretty flat) in neutral, but I didn't think too much about it. Didn't seem to be slipping or having any issues accelerating or going up a hill. I agreed to purchase it, paid cash, and came back that evening to pick it up and it didn't want to start, guessing the battery is about shot. Anyway, had to push it up on the trailer, and I realized that I could easily push it without pulling out the lever in the back to "disengage" the transmission. My other/old mower is a 2001 model Craftsman LT1000 with hydrostatic drive as well, and I have to do that to push it while not running. I spent the night worrying that I'd just bought a lemon and contacted the person I bought it from to see if they might be willing to take it back...I won't bore you with the whole situation, but still waiting to find out on that. Got the battery charged enough to start it last evening and messed around with it in the yard, and it still seems to be a strong transmission, easily going straight up the few moderately steep parts of my yard that I normally mow across, but I can still push it with the engine stopped and the transmission release lever firmly in the inward position. It seems to drift a bit more on a downhill while "in gear" before catching than my old one, but it also didn't just totally run away either.
I'm just beginning to wonder now if I am too overly worried and it is fine and nothing to worry about. I would appreciate any thoughts anyone has on this. Is it ok, or should I run away from it (if I even get that option)? I got it at a decent price, so I think I still wouldn't be hurt too bad if I had to do a repair/replacement on it, but would still be aggravating...
Thanks!
Wesley
I'm just beginning to wonder now if I am too overly worried and it is fine and nothing to worry about. I would appreciate any thoughts anyone has on this. Is it ok, or should I run away from it (if I even get that option)? I got it at a decent price, so I think I still wouldn't be hurt too bad if I had to do a repair/replacement on it, but would still be aggravating...
Thanks!
Wesley