i just picked this mower up, and the rearend is locked up, wont go into neutral. i took the battery out to get a look at the rearend, and noticed that when i push the clutch/brake petal down it does not move the lever attatched to he rearend, and the parking brake seem to be stuck as well. could this be a simple replace the lever and grease it up fix, or will i need to repair/ replace the hydrostatic drive assembly?

jason, August 2008

Hello just had my 42 inch mower serviced for the same thing and the repair man said it was a build up of dirt dust grass in the brakes themselves. He said he blowed the trash out and they work just fine now.

John, August 2010