Mower deck scag cheetah deck problems

[richard mck]

U][/U] my cheetah had 450 hrs on it when I started having scalping prob. The deck would shift left & right about 3 inches. Dealer replaced push bar assembly on both sides helped some. Said to grease more often but there are no bushings in the assembly & the grease is gone in no time. The shifting let the deck drag on the ground in hills and slopes which wore the edge of the deck down 5/16. had to weld 3/8 flat bar around rim of the deck because the blades were below the deck. Scag says its my fault and to grease more. I been cutting pro for 14 yrs and have better things to do than grease a mower every 1-2 hrs. This is my personal mower not one that the crew uses. Flat bar helped a lot but still have a lot of side to side movement. I don't think I should be having to fix a 1yr old mower that's under warranty. Be talking to Scag again this week and see what they say. Let me know if anybody else has this problem or if they have a fix for it