Prd, I wish every engineer would think about the ease service ability. Good for you for thinking along these lines.
Some the riders I service can be a real problem to service. I just replace the steering shaft on a Cub Cadet LT1042. It took me 3-1/2 hours to do it as you got half disassembly frame. Remove the rear fender pan and the operator tower just get the shaft out and back in. If the engineer was thinking of the ones that must service later they could made it a 15 minutes like many other mowers that I change these shaft out on.
Sometimes I would like to find the penny pincher that decided the hex head bolts are just as good carriage bolts under these fender pans too. Strange the square is still there but using the hex head bolt makes it necessary remove the pan just to get a wrench on the head.
