Grumpy,
All good. Thanks for info. Yes, i think your right on the slashing, this mower was probably intended for "lawn mowing" lower deck level rather than High grass/ slashing. I think also the ground speed I was using could have been too fast, not allowing the cutter to expell the grass quick enough and would increase belt slippage too.
I will replace belt tomorrow and increase tension on the deck springs and maybe drop deck to second level too. I only have an hrs work left in the "slashing mode", and dont require the lowest deck setting here at all.
With the chain and sprockets, I located a second hand chain today, which might pick up the tension for now on the diff/gearbox issue. However closer inspection of the gear on the gearbox does show reasonable wear. So once I get together the part numbers I will definately replace them....Hopefully not too dear..lol.
Thanks again
