I just bought an old Greenfield ride on mower in Sydney. Its a 25th anniversary IC11hp. It starts and cutters engage when short, (about 4 inches) lever is shifted into "cu" position,
But when the lever is shifted to the out position the cutters wont disengage. So i turn it off and on startup the cutters are disengaged.
Theres 3 options on the lever. On the right is OUT. In the middle is TF And on the left is CU. And theres a small chain welded onto the lever with a clip that only allows it to select in TF and OUT. Doesnt do anything in the tf selection as clip has to be taken off selector to select cu to engage cutter.
Hi syd, Welcome here, we try to help. My guess would be the blade brake has worn out and is not stopping the blades when they are moving or the belt is a bight too tight
Hi syd666, Welcome here, we try to help. My guess would be the blade brake has worn out and is not stopping the blades when they are moving or the belt is a bight too tight. Problem is these are an old machine that many people could have played with. They are a great machine once you get them sorted, so bear with it and you will have a good mower
Hi Syd, Not that I know of from memory it is rectangular in shape. From memory many years ago I just made one up from a bit of hardwood, bit of Flinstone style. The mate I did that one for, probably 8 years ago is still using it and has never complained about the blade brake not working. It is not too hard to get to, I stand the mowers up vertically with a chain block so things are easier to get to. I have also tipped a couple of Greenies on their side to work on them, but I think standing them vertically is the better option. Just empty the fuel tank and remove the battery before you do this.
I dont think i even need a brake. I dont intend on stopping it during mowing. It can stay like that for now. Would there be a problem turning the mower off with the cutter still rotating as in the user guide it states to turn the cutter off then turn mower off?
As long as you disengage the cutter before starting as it takes a bit of strain off the starter motor because most of them have plastic gears on the starter motor. No big deal to replace those if you have to
I wouldn't get too fussed it is only a flathead Briggs anything will do. I forget what they hold, about 1.5 litres I think. Just work it out on the dipstick
So when the cutter is on and i turn the cutter off without the brake working it still spins. It doesnt slow down and eventually stop. Why doesnt it stop?
As well theres an emergency brake label on the Greeny but thats it. And another next to it which is the hand brake along with a lever to operate it.
Is the emergency brake the actual brake?And how is it operated?
The belt is dragging the cutter because the belt is still spinning. The emergency brake is supposed to stop the mower rolling forward or backwards but it is a primitive design that usually doesn't work. The blade brake works off the cutter engage lever. They are separate braking systems. Years ago I fitted a hydraulic brake on one but it was a lot of work
Steering setup on these can only be described as awful. It is obviously missing a stop to prevent it from turning too far and usually when it turns too far you have to get off and pull the wheel back. Where the steering comes from the column out to the pivot point is probably worn out and along with the tie rod ends. A mate and I rebuilt his earlier this year, rebuilt the whole lot and now it works as good as new. Also remember both rear wheels are in constant drive so this also makes the steering harder, the rear wheels just want to push it straight ahead
I was just outside trying to adjust the steering and came to the same conclusion. Probably worn parts causing too much play. Hopefully when i give it the first go cutting net week i wont have to get off and correct the steering by hand.
From memory I drilled a 10mm hole 40mm out from the edge of the king pin in the flat coming out to the drag link bar and put a nut and bolt in it and that stopped the wheel coming around too far. I did both sides and no more getting off the mower. As long as you understand this poor mower has had its heart flogged out over many years, it can be repaired but it takes time
