hello beautiful people of the internet today we're going to do a how-to video because we get the most
burning question from customers at least once or twice a week of how do you release the hydrostatic
axle on a ride or mower you know how do some people don't even know that you can do it so
today we're going to talk you through all the different types of mowers i say all of them
most of them you'll get an idea of how it all works but how to actually disengage it so you
can push it it might be a case in the winter it's in the garage you don't want to start
it up just literally pull out the lever and push it forward out of the way so we're going to show
you where that lever is and lever knob whatever it might be underneath there to be able to do
it you know every mower is different we've got countach steeger honda john deere alco cub cadet
loads of different brands so we're going to talk you through some that we've got down here and then
we're going to pop up into our into our showroom to show you a couple that we've got on there as
well they're all different all in a different place and sometimes the owner's manual doesn't
exactly show you where it is or we might not even have an owner's manual so we're going to literally
show you roughly where to look all the way through on those machines to be able to do how to do it
so right all these machines are the wrong way around because generally the lever is at the
back of the machine so we're going to spin them around well that was easy we might not necessarily
have your mower here your model of machine but it will pretty much give you a really good indication
of roughly where this lever is that you're looking for lever knob pulley bit flange whatever you want
to call it most mowers it's roughly in the same place but they all vary a little bit different so
i'll run you through these individually just to show you what to do and where to find it
so what we've got here to play with the day we've got the good old british contacts they're
all pretty similar and the hydrostatic lever is in very similar place on most of the machines
we've got a steeger front deck that's a two wheel drive version of obviously four wheel
drive versions as well we've got the honda honda's levers on the back end and they're
very similar to what the mount fields are as well so they're in a similar place in the lever
the john deere's they're pretty much in exactly the same one every single time alcoves alco's vary
a little bit sometimes on the back sometimes on the side we've got this one here to show you this
one and then in the shop we've got the other type the bigger type to be able to show you on there
cub cadet zero turn with a steering wheel a little bit different than the normal zero
turn so it'd be interesting we'll show you that one in a minute husqvarna front deck
four-wheel drive so two different options or two different levers on there to find
and then the cub cadet zero turn with the stick steering again a little bit different again
different sort of place where it's going to be right so start with this one so the cub cadet zero
turn what you'll find is that you've got obviously zero time works because one wheel goes back one
goes forward when you're trying to turn so that means there's two levers on the zero turn machine
so you've got one down here which you pull out there and disengage pull out there and disengage
and now pop your handles in to release your brake and now you can freewheel your machine
as easy as that and then to re-engage it just literally pull those clips back out
and now it's back in drive again simple as that nice and easy put your brake back on
husqvarna front deck machine four-wheel drive this one's a little bit more confusing because
here nice and easily you've got the lever which you just literally pull out as simple as that
but because four wheel drive you've got one on the front as well which is a little bit harder to find
so in under here on the front you've got another lever there which you just literally
pull out now with the foot brake off you can now roll your machine nice and easily
right back on and then to re-engage it just literally push the levers back in
like so
cub cadet commercial z1 machine similar to others but on these you've got the hydrostatic levers
on the side again zero town so you've got two levers to find so you've got one out this side
here you just literally pull that one back like so and again on this one pull that back
there and now release the brake and now you can freewheel your machine nice and easily and then
again to re-engage just pull them back and put them back into the previous position one there
and one there right so the alco austrian-made designed fantastic little machines brilliant
domestic collectors they're just fantastic easy so on this one you just literally push that lever in
so rather than pulling it out like on others you literally push this one in and down and now
you can roll your machine to re-engage you pull it out so it's like the opposite to others most of
them you pull out to disengage where this one's a push in so now it's back in gear again right
the john deere john d is all pretty much the same some of the levers are a little bit different but
this one again so yeah this is the opposite what the alco is this one you pull out to disengage
it and now you can just free wheel it around push that back in and it's back in drive again
fairly simple on that obviously if you've got a collecting one you've got to take the box off
and find the lever sometimes the levers on the jaundice look like a six inch nail like a nail
head on the end you just literally pull the nail head out and then push it back in again exactly
the same principle so on to the honda obviously honda only do collecting mowers so you've got to
take the grass box off like so and then you've got a lever on the back which instead of a pull
out pull in lever it's literally a lever which you've got to push from one side to the other
so this one you've got to pull right back over so it's sticking straight out of the machine
you want to straight you can just literally push it forward and back so it's nice and easy
to do again like i said that's very similar to the mount fields atkos some of the stigas
are like that as well so that's pretty easy to do and then pop your grass box back on again
right sliggers so see your front deck machines there's tool drive and four
drive options obviously right so the lever on the slighter two wheel drive well and the four drive
at the front so just literally it's a pull out lever you pull that there
on the four wheel drive version you've got one here as well which you've got to pull out so again
once that's out of gear you then literally push and pull your motor pop it back in it's back in
drive again cam tax or westwards all very very similar way of doing it so on those literally
pull the seat up and then underneath this cover here you'll find the little pin you've got to
pull out and that's just again just a pull-out pin that you just pull out and push back in
so pull it out take your brake off some of them got foot brakes some we've got handbrake
this one's got a handbrake and now you can now push and pull your mower put the brake back on
and pop it back in drive right so we're going to pop up to the shop a second and look at the
ones we've got there in the shop so here we are in our showroom and i've got a few more mowers
here that i'd like to show you how to disengage the hydrostatic gearbox we're going to start with
the owlcode this is the t20 which is their premium range mowers by solo by alco so with these you're
going to come in to the right hand side of the mower and there's a little sticker up there to
show you what to do for when it's in drive you've got to have the lever out and then for being able
to push it you push the lever in and up and then it'll click in so you now freewheel the mower back
and forth like so and then to be able to put it back into drive literally pull it out and down
and there's now back in in drive so you can use the pedals again to be able to drive
next we've got another cup cadet so the cub cadet this is the smallest one in the
range of the cub cadet zero turns with the steering wheel these are a little bit more
fiddly to be able to put this in to disengage the drive because in here right in underneath
beside the axle you'll find a little pin which is there and you can hear it moving around
with that one you lean in under pull it out pull it to the right and that will disengage it on this
one again being a zero tone there's one on this side there's also one on that side so you've got
to disengage both so once both are disengaged you can then push the machine and then to re-engage it
pop the pin in and push and then you back into drive again so the cub cadet mini rider these
come in either hydrostatic or manual options with a hydrostatic one there's a little lever
down here on the back and you literally to be able to disengage that one you pull it out
and down to be able to push it and then to put it back in drive and just pull it out
and push it back in and then you're back in drive again so that's really really simple
on that machine there we are guys i've shown you lots of different ride ons of how to disengage
hydrostatic axle and if your machine's slightly different hopefully it's pointed in the right
direction of where to look for and what to do with any other questions don't hesitate to give
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