liduno wrote:
Are you sure your kids weren't trying to do wheelies? lol
My kids are only 3 and 5, so definitely not! lol
Gonna' guess the front 2 bolts vibrated out (not sheared) and then the rear bolts bent & snapped when I engaged the PTO the last time. Once the fronts were gone, all of the deck belt leverage was on the two rear bolts.
I'm real easy on the PTO too, engaging/disengaging it at 3/4-throttle. Hell I'm easy on the whole mower including shop-vac'ing it after every mow and washing every other (seriously), full-syn oil, FRAM Ultra oil filter, 93-octane gas, etc. I only run the PTO-powered bagger for leaves in the fall -- it's on the shelf in the barn 360 days of the year.
1pm ET and I haven't heard from the dealer so either nothing else came up, or they haven't done anything.