Blades Won't Engage On a John Deere E100 Riding Mower. How to Replace PTO Blade Engage Cable DIY

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[@davidhornbuckle4891]

One huge plus from watching this video. Seeing the mats the repairman was lying on during the repair turned out to be a great idea. I had been laying on concrete to work on my mower. I had some rubber floor mats from Harbor Freight and tried them similar to the man in the video. The mats worked great. Thanks for the idea.

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[@ldean1680]

Before my husband passed, he would have fixed it. Thanks to your video, I was able to fix my mower that has been in the shop 3x for this problem.

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[@bertgrau3934]

Interesting, and informative. Extremely helpful. I have worked on a few mowers, and lots of small engines, never had to work on a John Deere, or other make of mower with the cable operated blades. If I do in the future, I will know how to do it. Great job Sir! Thank you and your wife , she is great at being your camera lady! 😊

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I've got a video suggestion, if you don't mind! How do you go about finding the correct parts for each machine? I know you use part's tree. But I can never seem to get the right things ordered. So I spend all my time waiting for parts, just for them to be wrong! I'm not a small engine repair shop, or a mechanic at all! I'm learning, from your videos. But, yeah.. a video regarding how you know part numbers and what to order would be really helpful! Thank you T-Bone!

[@RaleysSmallEngines]

Thank you, that's a great question and a complicated one to answer. I have many sources for parts, yes I'm a licensed dealer. Many parts are easy to look up on parts tree using model number, date of manufacturer and serial number. When it comes to John Deere I go to green parts store for the number. AYP craftsman I use sears parts direct. There are way too many to list. I then use the OEM part number and go to Rotary Corp. or Stens and look it up there because I'm a dealer for them. I've been thinking on a video for your idea, great suggestion my friend, Thank you

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[@NIGBEATS]

Out of all the troubleshooting videos I had watched, this one was the only one that helped. The first weekend where it didn't rain in like a month and my PTO stopped working 80% of the way through cutting the yard. I thought the top have of my yard was gunna be allowed to grow to 2ft tall. Thanks to this video, I was back up and cutting in about 10 minutes. Would have been sooner if I didn't have to hunt for my 10mm.

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Good job T-Bone. Hey something you might want to cover is on that mower leveling the deck I use to have to go out to customers homes and level those decks and when they saw how easy it was they were a little embarrassed because all I would do was lower the back of the deck down on a 2x4 then loosen the nuts on the deck hanger then it would honestly level its self then tighten the nuts back up raise the deck and remove the 2x4 and wallah you have a level deck. It was so simple that most of the time I never had to return to those customers homes to level a deck again they would do their own because it was so simple.

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[@cassgascoigne]

Thank you Sir from Australia. I just successfully changed the cable on our John Deere E110. The actual cable changing was fairly quick, it was finding a little nut that I dropped off that long bolt where the top end of cable that took the time.Happy Christmas to you.

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Something easy and fast to fix

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[@TwylaR-ry7vt]

Do you have a repair video for the John Deere 176 LX lawn tractor? My blades won’t engage when you engage switch?

[@HankScorpio86]

Very helpful video, great job! Thank you.

[@reed6514]

I had to replace a small pin that went through the crank handle at the bottom, which connected the handle to that wire you show. It was a 6 hour repair bc i couldn't troubleshoot it without taking a bunch of stuff apart. But it would be a 5 minute repair if I did it again.

[@jimjackson9381]

How much do you charge to do a job like that just curious or what is your hourly rate and where do you live? Jim

[@RaleysSmallEngines]

Thanks for watching and commenting. Our hourly rate is $91 per hour, we are in South Carolina and I have the lowest rates in town. Everyone else is over $100 per hour other than shade tree shops with no license. This job, I charged $35.85 for the cable plus 8% tax and Labor was $36.40 for a total of $75.12. Plus we did a service and blades on this machine. Of course that was addtional charges.

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@@RaleysSmallEngines well I’ve subscribed to you the first time I seen one of your videos. You are a very knowledgeable and well spoken and you do great camera work keep it up I love watching. Jim

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@@jimjackson9381 Thank you my friend, I'm doing my best to make my videos better each time.

[@vegeta1973100]

Thank you. You helped me a lot.

[@CoachHayes100]

Thank you so much!!!!

[@philliphall5198]

Those cheap easy removal plastic tools are great for 6.00 bucks and I’ve changed out 60/80 cables last year and it still like new 😊

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[@Mrs.T-bone]

Thank you!

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Thank you!

[@BeachLover-kn5ov]

I replaced the PTO and ur video is great !! After installing the new cable my blades still won't engage. It feels like it does but the blades aren't spinning. Whats the next step?😊

[@RaleysSmallEngines]

Check the arm on the deck that the cable goes to. Sometimes they bind and don't fully engage from dirt, debris or rust.

[@mattre1247]

Are there any fixes for the plastic cable mount. My cable pulls out of the plastic

[@Drummin4jesus1]

Well I hit a tree root and while still on top that root I disengaged the mower blades. The blades quickly came to a stop. I drove forward and tried to re engage the blades, Nothing! I have checked the cable at both ends and it is still in tact. I have checked the main drive belt and mower deck belt and they are good and still on the pulleys. What else could it be?

[@Mrs.T-bone]

You may have overlooked something. Make sure everything is moving freely. Good luck!

[@Mrs.T-bone]

Also, check that the blade is not bent and hitting deck.

[@Drummin4jesus1]

@@Mrs.T-bone Everything has been checked. Belts and pulleys, Intact. Cable, not broken. Blades not bent and spin freely. I took pictures of everything along with a video but I dont see where I can upload these pictures and video.

[@RaleysSmallEngines]

@Drummin4jesus1 upload it to KZbin then set as "unlisted ". Then you can email us the link

[@Drummin4jesus1]

@@RaleysSmallEngines What about the still pictures showing all the drive belts, etc?

[@llamaslimbo8770]

Just had this happen, it was the belt that popped off so make you check that as well, like for the vid tho

[@sweetcheaks921]

Hey you explain things so well and I like your voice so I was wondering if you know why the blades won't engage on a K Series 9 HP? And/or how to change out the blade on that model?

[@philliphall5198]

I love the fact people don’t listen and I sale and labor the mower when it breaks, money ❤

[@georgestrickland9278]

good design by deere,only hard part is that bolt,hard to get too

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You need to make more videos bro.

[@RaleysSmallEngines]

Working on it!

[@AndrewHume-ho1ej]

So lved d105 engadge replacement however sloppy belt and no way I can see to tension other than replace with stronger tension spring that attaches to deck from pulley idler or up by engage arm as I did not there a screw that's holds the arm in place underneath ?

[@mozarellafirefox8556]

thanks for the tutorial but what do we do if the spring is badly made and won'st simply slide out.. mine is stuck there for good

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Thanks! ❤

[@jeffballard9376]

Is it the spring or the belt because the cable moves

[@glendarodriguez5482]

how do you adjust the blade belt

[@lindabrown2542]

That's where mine was breaking. That little round piece of metal kept breaking off

[@alexshelton416]

Same. I just ordered new metal piece

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If you don’t eat all of those donuts, save the stale ones to use as anti-scalp rollers.

[@RaleysSmallEngines]

LOL

[@jamesatkinson5027]

I have a 2021 toy built rear mounted engine 30 inch single blade would not engage had a horrible vibration in blade for a while then finally would not engage I replaced spindle and blade still nothing no engagement I finally found the problem was a bad blade belt had a notch burned in it and hung up around a pully 10 dollar belt fixed the problem runs and cuts like a new mower

[@jamesatkinson5027]

Also fixed my vibrations all a 10 dollar belt

[@RaleysSmallEngines]

Awesome

[@michaeltko2686]

Hey TBone, that big spring just literally the most pain in the a$$ I had to deal with, you made it look very easy, I can’t seem to get it out of where it hooks, any tips on that?

[@thomastripp650]

T-Bones you make things look to eaey

[@craigoliver3166]

T-Bone, my blades have started to engage part of the time, so I have to engage and disengage the lever several times. I noticed on another video where it mentions a blade PTO clutch. I'm guessing that may be my problem....🤔

[@Mrs.T-bone]

Sticky cable or engagement arm binding up on deck. Good luck!

[@jamessanders7408]

👍

[@KimberlyAlanOberfell]

The very first reason you gave why your pto blade wont engage (when you pulled the wire out) how is that fixed? I'm pretty sure this is my issue!

[@RaleysSmallEngines]

It shows the repair in the video

[@zelloToiletsTalk]

Can't get the spring out

[@davidhornbuckle4891]

Great video for a repair of the WORST riding mower I have ever owned. I have owned riding mowers, since 1990, from numerous companies and I have never owned one that required as much maintenance and as many repairs as the John Deere E100. If you're considering buying a riding mower, don't buy a John Deere.

[@Rusty-i7f]

My Troy bilts were twice as good at half the price of my JD E120. Thought I was doing the right thing in investing in a John Deere

[@Hutchy45445]

My cable is in tact and actuating properly.. I suspect there’s an interlock issue with an electrical component

[@stephenmoore7064]

Just keep it simple

[@BeachLover-kn5ov]

I've changed the cable correctly and the when I pull the engage lever the spring thing is moving but when I get on machine and engage blades nothing happens

[@RaleysSmallEngines]

Look at the top of the deck where the cable hooks on to the tensioner arm. Check to see if it's moving when moving the engage lever. Sometimes dirt and debris cause the arm to bind.

[@BeachLover-kn5ov]

@@RaleysSmallEngines everything seems to be moving correctly when I move lever with it not running. Once I get on and turn mower on and push lever blades do not engage. I'm about to be in tears 🤣

[@RaleysSmallEngines]

@@BeachLover-kn5ov dang it. Is the belt tight and on all pulleys with it engaged?

[@BeachLover-kn5ov]

@@RaleysSmallEngines well on this model the belts are never tight but the belt is on correctly

[@RaleysSmallEngines]

@BeachLover-kn5ov if you model has a manual lever to engage the belt it will be loose when NOT engaged and tight when it Is engaged.

[@mr1pearl]

I'll have to try it on the neighbors rider cause I don't own one 🤷 I won't tell if you won't 😆

[@RaleysSmallEngines]

Too funny 😁

[@BeachLover-kn5ov]

Also deck is cleaned underneath

[@GrannyFilmingAgain]

Of course I’ve watched this before lol my problem must be due to trash or debre underneath. It only happens sometimes.

[@CoachHayes100]

Yiu saved me $165.00 at LEAST!

[@robertmailhos8159]

I thought you were talking about the electric p.t.o 😂

[@RaleysSmallEngines]

LOL

[@robertmailhos8159]

@@RaleysSmallEngines well at least you made this video on how to remove and replace the engagement blade cable on a John Deere mower hopefully it is the same as doing it for others like My poulan XT mower

[@jhscheppele2448]

That has to be the dumbest thing John Deere ever came up with.

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Wa

[@MrStylishlyHandsome]

Damn awesome good video I can see everything you did easy..great work T Bone

[@RaleysSmallEngines]

Thank you

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Great video