Bent drive shaft/blade

[3rdgrey]

Hi. I have a LX2610 with around 53hrs on it. It has an RCR 1260 mower attachment. It was shaking violently when the PTO was engaged. The dealer picked it up yesterday. They called this am stating the drive shaft and or a blade was bent. I havent run anything over which would have caused such damage. I wash everything off after every use to include under the mower/cutter. There is no sign of contact damage which would include paint transfer indicative of a collision. Would slight sloping in the topography cause any such damage? Or is it a factory defect? Im being charged a claim on the matter.

 

[MOOTS]

Was the drawbar extended while PTO shaft was hooked up and mowing?

 

[3rdgrey]

Was the drawbar extended while PTO shaft was hooked up and mowing?

Hi. Don't think so. The tractor was the same as i received it new.

 

[mikester]

Is this a MMM or 3PH?

You would need to drive over or hit something to bend blades and shafts.

My neighbor used to have a dog that liked to pick up large potato sized rocks and leave them in the grass. Fallen sticks, small tree stumps, roots etc all can do a number on your blades and shafts when the mower is running.

 

[old and tired]

Is the PTO shaft the correct length or could it be too long and bottomed out once the mower is raised?? This could have happened without the mower even running.

 

[3rdgrey]

Is the PTO shaft the correct length or could it be too long and bottomed out once the mower is raised?? This could have happened without the mower even running.
Hi thanks for the reply, but it's however they installed it from delivery. Anything s possible as far as running over a branch (palm frond) goes but a brush hog shouldn't be so fragile one would think. Either way they're blaming it on me. I don't think the tractor s been right since day one. Blow a hydraulic line

 

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Blew a hydraulic line shortly after I bought it.

 

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Here's the unit. Sorry for the duplicate. Apparently the folder has 2 pics.

 

[3rdgrey]

Hi. I have a LX2610 with around 53hrs on it. It has an RCR 1260 mower attachment. It was shaking violently when the PTO was engaged. The dealer picked it up yesterday. They called this am stating the drive shaft and or a blade was bent. I havent run anything over which would have caused such damage. I wash everything off after every use to include under the mower/cutter. There is no sign of contact damage which would include paint transfer indicative of a collision. Would slight sloping in the topography cause any such damage? Or is it a factory defect? Im being charged a claim on the matter.

 

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A better view

 

[Henro]

Is the PTO shaft the correct length or could it be too long and bottomed out once the mower is raised?? This could have happened without the mower even running.

First thought is the dealer should KNOW what the issue is, not give you a this OR that answer.

Second thought is that is a brush hog, not a finish mower. It is designed for rough use. The blades are pretty stout, and if you are cutting areas like shown in the background of your photos of the tractor, it seems unlikely that you bent a blade.

BUT if as O&T questions, the tractor was supplied with the PTO shaft not properly sized, and it was too long, if you raised the mower fully, the shaft could have bottomed out and became bent.

My GUESS is that may be what happened. So you should ask the dealer what the actually problem is, as two things do not generally go wrong at the same time, and when he says the PTO shaft is bent, ask how that could happen, unless the tractor was delivered with a PTO shaft that was not the proper length, and actually too long, and bent when you raised the mower.

 

[3rdgrey]

First thought is the dealer should KNOW what the issue is, not give you a this OR that answer.

Second thought is that is a brush hog, not a finish mower. It is designed for rough use. The blades are pretty stout, and if you are cutting areas like shown in the background of your photos of the tractor, it seems unlikely that you bent a blade.

BUT if as O&T questions, the tractor was supplied with the PTO shaft not properly sized, and it was too long, if you raised the mower fully, the shaft could have bottomed out and became bent.

My GUESS is that may be what happened. So you should ask the dealer what the actually problem is, as two things do not generally go wrong at the same time, and when he says the PTO shaft is bent, ask how that could happen, unless the tractor was delivered with a PTO shaft that was not the proper length, and actually too long, and bent when you raised the mower.

Exactly:the terrain is NOT terribly uneven, the attachment should be able to handle variances and be fully raised without bending anything. There's close to 10 acres and nothing large enough to cause a blade to bend. I go on foot and pick up tree debris prior to any mowings or move it out of the way.

 

[kubotasam]

On a mower like that the blades are free to swing. They have a large bolt on one end. It is designed to let the blades fold if it hits a rock or a stump. Sometimes when first starting the mower, one of the blades is folded back and will cause an out of balance condition until it reaches operating RPM and the centrifugal force brings it back into position.

 

[3rdgrey]

On a mower like that the blades are free to swing. They have a large bolt on one end. It is designed to let the blades fold if it hits a rock or a stump. Sometimes when first starting the mower, one of the blades is folded back and will cause an out of balance condition until it reaches operating RPM and the centrifugal force brings it back into position.

Thanks. The dealer is looking at that given there is no visible damage to any blade or subsequent equipment. He mentioned a plate or something to that effect. They still have the tractor and were contacting landpro about it.