@$% John Deere

I think I am done with John Deere.
You can buy parts for a 50 year old tractor but parts for a X320 mower (48 inch cut) that were built between 2006 and 2015 are NLA.


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Any body with ideas on what other deck will fit or you want to suggest another brand I am all ears.
Sorry but I am a little ticked off right now.
 
What is wrong with your deck???? Also what deck do you want??? I may have one and JD dealerships may have NEW old stock ones.


Also you can buy the complete deck through whole goods not parts. It is a BM number. So did you talk to your local dealer or just look it up online???? Any dealership worth it salt would be able to find you the number and cost. You will not like the cost but they are available.
 
I suspect that mower was built for JD by another manufacturer.

Someone on here will probably know, if not do some online research, show the drawings to a good local mower shop. They may recognize the model.

But if you are trying to buy the complete deck, you may not find that. Probably won't want it if you do!

Can yours be repaired?
 
I just looked it up online. I have been gone all week working with FEMA and when I got home my son in law tells me the belt keeps coming off the mower deck. I looked at it and one of the idler pulley mounts is either breaking off or the deck rusted threw allowing it to move around. Really to dark right now to tell which.

Just out of curiosity for just in case I looked up a deck online to see what one cost. I have the deck with the rotatable wheels. When I try to add the part to my cart for my local dealer it would not add it. So I started looking at other decks and found the one without rotatable wheels (in picture) is NLA also.

So the deck I have "may" be fixable with some welding but it just ticked me off that this $4000 mower is 10 years old and parts are showing not available on the Deere web site.

I will have to look at it more closely after I get some sleep but it looks like the one Briar Hill Brittanys linked to is what I need.

I'm going back to bed.
 
I have run into the same problem. Hard to tell a customer that parts are no longer available for your five year old mower. But your 30 year old mower no problem.
 
Take a look at MFG Supply . They have a lot of JD mower parts online. I have used them in past on some Craftsman mower parts. Exact same part but at about 1/3 the price.
 
Are you sure about that, JD? The Deeres at home dweebo used to say "by MTD" right on the sides. I've been eyeing the 100 series lately cuz the old White is dying. Wondering if they're still MTD and they just don't show it.
 
We have a John Deere from box store. It was made by John Deere in their plant down in Carolina area. Can't remember exactly where. I priced the same exact machine at the Deere dealer I previously worked at, same exact price also. I wasn't doing the buying as owners of property bought it and they live out of this area. I watched a video a couple years ago of the Deere plant that makes this ECONOMY line of mowers, along with a lot of their other Deere mowers and yard equipment. The high end Garden tractors etc were made in a different location.
 
Guys I have toured the John Deere Plants at Horicon Wi and Greenville Tn.. The premium mowers are made at the Horicon plant. The D series and the older L series are made at the Greenville TN plant. I sold these mowers for years and I have friend currently building and sell them now.

To those of you that say MTD or American Lawn Products make them take a picture of where you see that on a current mower. Heck Even a mower made in the past. Even the Saber mowers where made in a JD plant. John Deere actually built some Scotts and Honda mowers for them.

MTD owns Cub Cadet, Wheel Horse, Troy bilt, Bolens , and other lessor known brands. MTD has never built a Lawn mower for JD.

MTD did make the walk behind snow blowers for JD for several years. They where built to JD specs. You could not by the same thing from any of the MTD brands/dealers.
 
"Building" is a term that doesn't mean what it used to and you might note its not the word "manufacturing". Building these days means sourcing major components from anywhere in the
World at the lowest price and then putting them together.Which is why they can't supply parts its a one order deal what they don't order originally they probably can't get again.
 
Hi your biggest drawback repairing yours might be the metals junk to weld on. We run a 316 thats had the snot beat out of it before the 17 years we have owned it, the last guy got it new and drove it like a race car !. All the mounting holes around the deck gearboxes have been welded or plated to strengthen them, and bearings and pulleys replaced more than once to. The motor had a rebuild 6 years ago as well. You probably can't get parts for a 5-10 year old $4000 mower because they didn't or don't expect them to last that long these days.

3 years ago dad got parts from Deere for the 316, the guy flat out told him Now is the time to totally re build that mower while parts are still available. The new replacement to the same spec as ours was $12000 Canadian then. His words were the new one looks real nice, but you wouldn't want it after the 316 it's a way better built machine!
Regards Robert
 
I too wonder if it subs over to a complete new redesigned deck that you can get thru "whole goods" ? Which is JD's term for can't order thru parts counter but rather have to ask the sales department.
 
When I check # am137662 it tells me to contact dealer for other options.

There is another 48" deck list with rotating anti scalp wheels ? am140424 this one is $ 1,197.60 !!!! WOW may as well get a brand new homedepot 48" mower.
I remember back in the day new decks for model 212 were VERY expensive too ! many people priced them and I don't think anyone every ordered one.
 
I can still buy nearly every part for my 1989 John Deere mower. Still running strong. Every winter I go through it and replace anything that looks marginal. I think it is a 185.
 
To be fair, are you comparing apples to apples here? Can you buy a new deck for your 50 year old machine, but not for a 10 year old machine?

Or, are you saying because you can buy a SPARK PLUG for a 50 year old machine, that you should be able to buy a MOWER DECK for your 10 year old machine?

I'll bet you can still buy spindles, blades, gauge wheels. Consumable parts.
 
I dont recall what it was on the L110 I have, but the part number for the deck was showing the same thing, at the dealer. The number crossed to the new design deck or something like that. Only difference was the way it was hung in the back.
 
Used to be parts weren't obsoleted until the 20 year mark, now days they are obsoleting stuff at 10 years. In other words, they make junk that they don't expect to last beyond ten years so they don't need to carry parts for it.

That said, I can understand not carrying large, major, items that require a major expense to make and stock, or things that could be repaired by welding, patching, etc, but the smaller stuff should be on the shelf, somewhere.

Recently I tried finding a third valve lever kit for a compact tractor that was maybe 12 years old. The way it was situated required a lot of special stuff to get to the valve, and work the extra spool. Not only could Deere not get the kit anymore, they couldn't even get any individual replacement parts.

Now who spends $15,000 on a machine they expect to be able to use, and then expects to find out 12 years later that one of the hydraulic control levers isn't available for it.

Ultimately this isn't a Deere only issue, as all manufacturers are doing the same thing to some degree. The real problem is that people keep buying the stuff....and fussing about it......instead of telling them to keep their new JUNK, and buying an older machine with either brand specific, or generic, aftermarket support.

Want to make a statement, hit them in their wallet...........
 
The spindles, wheels, and other small parts were probably off the shelf parts purchased from other manufacturers. The deck, guards and mounts are probably propriety designs that were built by subcontractors. The proprietary parts might be NLA because: they are bulky and expensive to keep in inventory; they are expensive to order in small quantities (high setup costs); and too many potential buyers balked at the high cost, resulting in low sales and low inventory turnover.

If the mower deck was available, the price could be between $500 to $1000 for just the bare deck. Would you pay that much for one or would you complain to the parts counter man, refuse to buy it and find another solution? It is sad, but if you need a new deck frame, you can probably buy a complete working used mower for less cost than rebuilding that mower deck.
 

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