Hi all,
I'm on my second sb diplomat. The first one died due to the common nylon ring gear issue. At the time I happened across another one in pieces. I took them both to the local mower guy in camp hill (Brisbane) who kindly cannibalised one for spares to get the main one going again. He'd never worked on one before but managed to get it going again. It's worked perfectly for five years up until yesterday when I heard a loud pop and it stalled. The belt looks fine and still has good tension. it starts fine but when I engage the drive lever it instantly stalls. It appears that when the drive lever is engaged there is something causing too much resistance/load on the back roller and it stalls. At first I thought it was the nylon ring gear again but recall when it went the first time there was no loud pop nor stalling upon driver lever engagement - it just wouldn't drive.
Before I go down the road of pulling it apart to inspect the ring gear - anyone else report similar issues or make any suggestion on what it could be?
thanks
Pete
