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Originally Posted by TheGodson
Was riding my mower today and the mower deck fell down on the left side. I didn't notice right away though. Mower was having trouble cutting grass. Finally realized what had happened when I noticed myself leaning to the right to make up for the tilt. I have a John Deere s100. I finished cutting my grass, but it looked like **** afterwards and I'm not sure how to fix the mower.
I had the same thing happen with a John Deere several years ago. On mine, there was a cotter pin (I think) missing on the the hanger supporting the deck on the low side. There was a rod hanging on each side above the deck that tied into the deck with cotter pins (again, I think).
Look at the areas between the deck and the upper frame of the mower on each side. If you have the same issue that I did, you will see that the connections between the deck and the upper frames look different. The side where the deck is higher is how they both
should look. Just keep comparing one side to the other to see if you can spot an obvious difference. There is probably something wrong with the supporting connection on the side where the deck is lower, and hopefully you will be able to see it pretty quickly.
Mine was obvious, and it was a quick, easy, and cheap fix by going to Home Depot and buying a cotter key to replace the one that was missing.
Good luck.