Qualcast CPM35 Changing Plastic Gears

[@ianwilkes4434]

Brilliant Many thanks 😊

[@awinbisa]

As per other comments the plastic gears are not fit for purpose. My parents have this mower and have replaced this component 5 or 6 times before eventually giving up and buying a rotary mower. Is there any possibility of retrofitting steel gears?

[@steviefix6870]

How do you remove the rear roller pulley as rear roller is fringe and not driving. Can’t see how to hold it still and undo the bolt? Please help

[@howlis]

Question: Why does a lawn mower costing over a £1,000 have PLASTIC gear wheels?..

[@seeul8rwaynekerr]

Chocolate fireguard anybody? ??? Seriously the engineers who put great in Great Britain are turning in their bloody graves! Whilst qualcast/atco/allett are laughing at you gullible fools who bought their latest flimsy contraption! Buy an earlier one from when men were men sheep were nervous and when we had an empire. You'll have far more fun doing it up than dealing with this exercise in blatant carpet baggery writ large.

[@cloversmate]

***** Good question. The fact is that this is British design - some 20 years old - by Qualcast/Atco that has stood the test of time. I have run these mowers for some 15 years -mowing on a weekly basis on a residential lawn, and the mechanism has proved to be reasonably solid and robust. If there is a weakness on this mower mechanism, it is ironically the METAL mounting plate for the gear mech being a bit thin and flimsy. Provided the plate is true, the gears seem to last for ages - I've never had to change a plastic gear. Best not to judge a book by its cover - look at the size and design of the components before commenting. For a domestic mower, I think its a clever (and old) design - especially the QuickChange cassette. Copies the cassette concept of the pro level mowers at a fraction of the price. Pity Qualcast/Atco sold out to the Germans/Italians IMO, and that GB lost a good reputable mower manufacturer.

[@seeul8rwaynekerr]

cloversmate I wouldn't touch the latest qx with a barge pole!

[@howlis]

I made the comment about the gear wheel because clearly someone felt the need to make a video about what appears to be a week point in the design of this lawnmower, I'd also read about people having to replace the said gear wheels. In this day and age of making things ever cheaper (mechanically) I just think to pay over a £1,000 and end up with plastic gear wheels is a bit cheap. I have an old Suffolk Punch which is all metal with all the original parts and is still going strong, will the same be able to be said about this mower in thirty years time, I doubt it.

[@seeul8rwaynekerr]

***** definitely with you on that one!

[@bobteevee1671]

crap mower not a patch on original models from 60s/70s