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New bobcat zt2000 mower deck very noisy dealer put new belt still noisy

#1

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Jjhuff

Anyone else have this issue


#2

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slomo

Remove the belt. Spin everything with your hand that the belt drove. If you hear a faint or obvious growling sound, replacement time.


#3

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Jjhuff

I only have 18 hrs on mower it’s second belt dealer says it where they join the belt there is a bump on all belts


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MParr

Jjhuff said:
I only have 18 hrs on mower it’s second belt dealer says it where they join the belt there is a bump on all belts
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Listen to what @slomo said. Whether it has 18 hours or 180 hours, there could be a bad pulley or bad spindle. Don’t rely on what someone is telling you. You need to put your hands and eyes on the pulleys and spindles.


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slomo

One can wreck a mower in 2 seconds. Hour meters are a waste of money YOU paid for. Doesn't help one bit in getting the grass cut. Change the oil and clean the cooling fins yearly. Doesn't get any easier.

We get people on here that don't walk the yard like old timers did and wonder why their new $19,000 0-turn doesn't cut grass. They just hit a pipe or log chain in the yard. See, doesn't take long to trash a mower.


#6

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bertsmobile1

When Cub brought out there steering wheel ZTR I replaced the spindle bearings on 2 that were less than a month old
Both took them to the dealer and both were quoted $ 120 for the repair
The reason is a poor deck design coupled with an even worse deck wash out system and no proper instructions in ow to use it
SO the water they washed the deck with got into the bearings and trashed them in 2 to 3 mows


#7

StarTech

StarTech

I even had idler pulley bearings that had only one rough spot to cause belts to snap.


#8

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Jjhuff

slomo said:
One can wreck a mower in 2 seconds. Hour meters are a waste of money YOU paid for. Doesn't help one bit in getting the grass cut. Change the oil and clean the cooling fins yearly. Doesn't get any easier.

We get people on here that don't walk the yard like old timers did and wonder why their new $19,000 0-turn doesn't cut grass. They just hit a pipe or log chain in the yard. See, doesn't take long to trash a mower.
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#9

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Jjhuff

Yes I need to look at it myself very disappointed in this new 5400dollar mower I need to check it out myself I maintained my last mower a simplicity for 16 years until it finally died dealer not any help solving this problem I’ll look at mower pulleys spindles everything and see if I find anything?


#10

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RayMcD

Jjhuff said:
I only have 18 hrs on mower it’s second belt dealer says it where they join the belt there is a bump on all belts
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Right, and that is causes you a noisy deck, Dude you need to get a better dealer. r


#11

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Jjhuff

RayMcD said:
Right, and that is causes you a noisy deck, Dude you need to get a better dealer. r
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Yes I sent my complaint to bobcat I’ll see what happens


#12

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Jjhuff

RayMcD said:
Right, and that is causes you a noisy deck, Dude you need to get a better dealer. r
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I have called bobcat to see what the have to say very disappointed in this zt2000 bobcat mower with 18 hrs.


#13

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Jjhuff

RayMcD said:
Right, and that is causes you a noisy deck, Dude you need to get a better dealer. r
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I would never buy another bobcat mower


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Honest Abe

you'll need a helping hand here, while the deck is running, "carefully" take a long screwdriver and touch toward the center each rotating pulley and idlers. If the noise you're hearing changes, then you've probably found your culprit. But, as I've already stated - be carefully when doing this . . . .


#15

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Jjhuff

Honest Abe said:
you'll need a helping hand here, while the deck is running, "carefully" take a long screwdriver and touch toward the center each rotating pulley and idlers. If the noise you're hearing changes, then you've probably found your culprit. But, as I've already stated - be carefully when doing this . . . .
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#16

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Jjhuff

Well now it’s backfiring when I shut it off they are coming to get it I would not recommend anybody ever buy a zt2000 bobcat zero turn what a piece of absolute junk with 20 hrs on it very poor quality mower


#17

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jandtshipp

I like mine. 68 hours so far. How’s yours doing now?


#18

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Jjhuff

jandtshipp said:
I like mine. 68 hours so far. How’s yours doing now?
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Deck still noisy have had it looked at by 2dealers cuts nice and runs good I think it just the design of deck oh well


#19

DanDavis_

DanDavis_

I don't actually have a bobcat zt2000 but my brother does have one (Im not sure the model is 2000). His machine also had this problem. It's possible that the racket is coming from the deck's design, or maybe there's an issue with the deck wash system that's letting water seep into the bearings, causing them to go wonky. You might wanna take a peek at those bearings on your deck


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hlw49

RayMcD said:
Right, and that is causes you a noisy deck, Dude you need to get a better dealer. r
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We have fought the belts like that on several mowers. Finally got an after market raw edge belt and it solved the problem. Dealer is right the wrap belts can cause a noisey deck. Like he stated ever where there is a joint in the wrap there is a bump in the belt. I have seen belts with four to five joints in the belt. That coupled with the sorry new PEER spindles that a lot of mower have on them. Too much end play and they can get really noisey. Took the spindles to a machine shop were he machine the spacer down to take out the end play. That coupled with a new raw edge belt, finally got the deck quite enough to satisfy the customer.


#21

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slomo

RayMcD said:
Right, and that is causes you a noisy deck, Dude you need to get a better dealer. r
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Not any out there. We all hear this a lot. No good mower techs anymore. Need to put mower repair on cell phones, facetrash or Nintendos so people will learn about them.


#22

StarTech

StarTech

The latest generation of techs are basically too darn lazy to learn and OEMs are also part of problem as their tech support are people with no experience or knowledge of what they telling you as they are just looking at a computer screen. It actually getting to be a joke to even call tech support.

It was like trying to get a PN for the relay that I had in hand off a Cub Cadet earlier this year. Tech support said there was no relay present on that mower. I told him that was BS and I got smart and looked up the manufacturer number on the relay. Strange after doing that the cross references came the Cub Cadet PN. But was too late for CC as I found a much lower cost for the relay.


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