The linkage on our mower desk has been wearing at the pivot point where the front and rear portions meet together and are located above the point where the rear pins attach to the deck. It finally wore through and the 2 parts disconnected. We showed it to our Kubota dealer and they had never seen anything like it and sent picture into Kubota and they were no help. We replaced the linkage this spring and just from this summer of mowing 2 different yards it is already wore through again and is about to come apart. It is also wearing the 2 posts on the desk where the rear linkage connects with the pull pins, it has wore off 1/16" - 1/8" of metal on it. I'm attaching pictures as well. Is this a known issue or is there something we just didn't know about that we need to adjust to keep it from wearing and if so what do we need to do?
Mower deck linkage unusual wear BX2350
- Thread starter nlw898s
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nlw898,
My BX2350 doesn't show ANYTHING that bad for wear at those points. Mine is 11 years old with a 54" MMM that mows about 4 acres every week. The flat spot on those pins on mine still have the paint on them. I have no idea what to suggest. Sorry for your problem. I hope you can get it resolved.
Dave
wow, that is crazy, only thing i could think of was something i saw earlier this summer, but even in this guys video no mention of wear like your noting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1Ir2n01E1A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1Ir2n01E1A
I'am thinking that your letting your mower run on the wheels ??? these mowers are designed to hang down from the linkages. The wheels should be adjusted to be 1/2" or so off the ground when the mower is set in the desired cutting height adjusted with using the height adjustment knob ??? the wheels are only there to prevent scalping not to run on constantly so , not sure if this is your problem or ????