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curious if anyone with a 4518 with a 46" mowing deck has any shots of their deck's linkage
i bought a 4518 46" deck to mount on my 3813
and bought a junker 3813 to have for parts and for this project -
i've removed the seat pan/rear fenders and the floor pan for better visibility
in trying to mount the 46" deck i had the idea that a lot of the parts would be interchangeable and they are - the seller i purch'd the deck from, sent me the seat subframe which is where the deck lifting handle with all the handle hardware & drop links are, and he included those - and it bolted right up in place of the 3813's subframe. I already had most of the other linkage but not all
the linkage i do have shows me the hook up is definitely different from the 3813's - where the 3813 uses a pararrel link set up, and the lift handle connects to the "axle" of the rear wheel, lifting it and when it lifts, the pararrel linkage lifts the front edge of the deck. The 4518 has a hinged bar hanging off the frame (think in terms of a "see-saw" )- and it can't raise / lower both the front and rear of the deck at the same time, ie if one side goes up, other side is forced down
i know i'm missing some pcs, but the parts schematics available do not show all the link pcs - some are listed under deck linkage, a few with front tensioner pulleys, etc but there are or have to be some short pcs missing from the schematics
I've even gone to honda's web and read the 4518 owner's manual hoping for something there - but nothing i can see that i need
would like to get a sense of how this linkage is supposed to work - i can fabricate the missing pcs, but want to avoid having to copy the 3813's deck brackets and welding onto the 4518's - would like to leave the deck as original as possible
or a scan of the svc manual pages showing the adjustment procedure - that should show me the linkage i'm missing
tks in advance if anyone has any shots
Save This Page ] [ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Lawn Tractor / Garden Tractors Discussion Forum ]- got it - tks anyway larryccf Friday, July 10, 2009
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