How to Fix a Mower that's Not Cutting Level

Learn how to fix a mower that's not cutting level. An uneven lawn mower deck can be a big problem for a lawn company. It can leave a cut that is ugly. There are several things to consider that may cause an uneven cut. In this video, I help you diagnose and solve the problem. In my experience, a low tire is the usual culprit.

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[addisontury]

I did all of this and it still did I checked the spindle bolts no problems I eventually took each spindle off and found that a bearing inside one of the spindles had not been getting grease for whatever reason and had melted the beads in the bearing allowing the whole spindle shaft to move not much but it was enough to make a difference. That is one more reason why I hate spindles without grease zirks

[trentmozingo]

Great video! Thanks for creating and sharing it.

[straightfromthefield]

Good vid, Jason. One more thing can make the cut unlevel--unequal/dirty blade spacers. Once I had sharpened my blades, and noticed the cut was uneven. I checked under the deck and noticed to my dismay that one blade was a bit lower than the others (but had the same number of spacers). What happened was that when I put the blades back on after sharpening them, some debris got in between the spacers of one of them. Easy fix, but annoying just the same.

[owziemusic]

Have an older John Deere 100 series 42” deck. All of a sudden started skinning the left side only. Took the deck off, bent blade. No big deal, replaced it. The blades are balls on accurate, maybe 1/16” difference between cutting edges, MAYBE. Put deck back on and leveled. Raised deck all the way, made sure cutting edge of blades were still dead on even and they were. Went to mow, still the same exact issue, just a tad less apparent now. Still mowing streaks, left side seemingly cutting lower than the right. Also, tire pressure the same on either side’s respective tires. Any ideas?

[hoyt]

How do you adjust the deck height on the z master like yours mine set on the highest 4.5 inches measures 3 1/4 inch cut at the blades.? Thank you in advance

[clay]

I have a 2021 cub cadet zero turn 50in and I’m having a problem with it leaving a line of uncut grass towards the left side of the deck. I’ve sharpened the blades and cleaned it out top and bottom. What could it be

[catbirdfeeder]

Yeah, I was just cutting extra low cause I wanted to spray for weeds, well of course I raised the deck super fast one time to avoid a big root, I didn't know one of the chains had kinked and didn't let back down....what a mess for 325 ft right in the front yard, till I turned to go back I didn't see it! Skinned on one side.

[huntercampbell]

How do you like the z master diesel, is it the kubota ? Issues

Thanks brother

[bltefft]

Thanks for a good video. My owner's manual says all my tires (Exmark Radius, X Series) need to run with 13 PSI in them. Once I saw that it was cutting noticeably lower on the right and when I check the right front tire, it was down to 5 pounds. That was my problem.



However, I didn't think about hitting something with a blade. I'll be mindful of that too.

[tigergreg]

Funny how you made this video when the past couple days I've been looking on YT and trying to figure out how to fix the deck level on my lawn mower, I have a 2009 48" Cub Cadet Z-Force ZTR . The front tires are to be 20lbs and the back at 10. They are alright, but the bolt adjusting part is throwing me off, I just don't know how to measure like they want and adjust it to their specs. I had it serviced and the guy didn't do a good job, He filled the Hydrostatic Fluid in the resevoir up an inch too high and had 21lbs of pressure in the back tires. I'll figure it out somehow. haha.

[galenj]

I have a Toro 50/60 and if I mow a little high it will not cut correctly on the center blade, it leaves the grass high in spots.  What might be going on with that?  My blade isn't on upside down.  Thank s for your video.

[Joe-sgtk]

Old video but I was looking for help on my 52” old walk behind. Turned out to be bent blade far right side. Finally even cut!

[richardwright]

good video but didn't solve my problem. new blades, on correctly, all pulleys are good, greased.only thing left I guess is put a washer on then the nut.

[robertsteele]

Have you ever had problems with belt jumping off ?

[ousamaabdu]

Good video as always. Do you still cut grass or are you only doing fertilizing now?