I have a Ferris IS 700Z with 134 hours on it. I only use this mower for my personal residence.
I started hearing cavitation from the right hydraulics about 2 weeks ago. I have performed the purging sequence to rid the air from the hydraulics at least 6 times since then.
I barely just finished mowing my yard this time.
When I use the right hydraulics in reverse and I start to go forward I hear cavitation and it will take a little while before it "catches up" and performs normally.
Today the cavitation was exponentially longer and at times the rear wheel wouldn't even turn even though I had the right handle throttled all the way forward. It would only do this when I was going up hill and I'd say the grade is about 10°. Downhill was no problem.
I was hoping to be able to fix this myself instead of taking it to the shop. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.