Mower losing power when cutting grass?

[@lornemosionier8864]

Can a home owner change the front wheel bearing on a 2013, D 160? Garden tractor etc

[@jimfeagins9424]

Seriously, if you have to ask this question, changing wheel bearings on a garden tractor may not be for you.

[@jamespruett2849]

I found out with my little JD 105 it's a 2017 and never has given me any trouble how ever I noticed when I first got it the hotter the weather it would start skipping,I was using gas with ethanol big mistake runs like a charm with non ethanol gas

[@jimfeagins9424]

I don't allow any E fuel in my shop for anything. Fuel injector cars, yes, but not for any small engine stuff, or carbureted bikes etc - all get no-E.

[@jamespruett2849]

@@jimfeagins9424 I didn't even think about it til I got a Sthil chain saw about the same time and that using gas with ethanol would void the warranty

[@jimmyrodd6476]

Hi, I enjoy your John Deere videos and I've commented on here before, your answers are always helpful. On the D130 or similar, would you recommend a Metric or SAE impact socket set and a 3/8 or 1/2 inch socket set. I would only be using it for my riding lawn mower, I do not work on cars or other machine's, but I did take your advice and bought a Dewalt Impact wrench. Thanks in advance.

[@VCURAMS]

Would love these style of videos on z997r. No one makes any videos on YT for this model

[@franwebb7756]

Good info video!

[@Rein_Ciarfella]

First guess without watching video yet - twin cylinder and one cylinder isn’t contributing. Guess I’ll have to watch to find out! 😉🔧👍

[@Mechanical_Mind]

I tried to cover all the common issues I see when customers say the mower is losing power. Sometimes the engine is having problems sometimes its not the engine. Your guess is very good and very common. I've had customers run their mowers on 1 cylinder for weeks without knowing it.

[@Rein_Ciarfella]

@@Mechanical_Mind Been there - done that. A whole season! My first rider, which got me started on small engine work three years ago. Didn’t realize until I went to sell it and discovered the issue!😉 There so many potential causes for this issue, I’d really like to see a definitive list in order of most to least common.

[@mikespain8655]

Not uncommon for a customer to say engine is down on power and they bring it in. I can tell right away it is running on one cylinder and they can't hear it. Good video.

[@TTT-du6oj]

@@Mechanical_Mind I just bought a nice looking JD x300 with 407 hours on it,it starts up pretty easy without the choke but pops and cracks some at full throttle,don’t notice it very much once you engage the blades and mows pretty well but does run smoother at times than others,if I could pick your brain a bit where do you think I should start looking for the problem,Thanks👍

[@mikeadler434]

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