Suggest a fix for height adjuster issue

[ipbr21054]

Hi,
Champion SP484 mower.

The rear height adjuster is a lever which has a small nipple on it that locates onto holes on the side of the deck.

Occasionally hitting a stone or bump etc pops out the nipple from the hole & mostly drops to the lowest setting.

Can you advise a fix to keep this in its locating hole please.

Once it pops out and to its lowest setting the deck is the scraping along the floor.

See attached photos.

 

[Burnerman]

Very common I'm afraid, the adjuster is a thin piece of spring steel that just isn't strong enough to hold things in place.
Can you reinforce it somehow, perhaps adding a strip of steel on the back to stiffen it up?
I must confess I have removed the nipple on occasion and replaced it with a bolt, but of course it's not adjustable afterwards.
John

 

[ipbr21054]

Thought as much.
So the lawns I cut I have the height adjusters on 2,3 & 4

So it would makes sense to bolt down the rear adjuster on the number 4 height.

By doing this can you explain what happens when rear adjuster is in 4 & the front are on 2

 

[Burnerman]

Ideally you set the adjusters the same, front and back - but if you have the back slightly higher then the grass will cut more easily if its on the long / rough side....the chances are, you won't notice things too much.
John

 

[ipbr21054]

That’s my job then.

Thanks.