Riding Lawn Mowers

I have a Husqvarna LGT2554 lawn tractor with a cracked frame. It is broken where the transmission bolts to the frame. Both sides are broken in the same place rendering the tractor unsafe and unusable. When going in reverse the transmission swivels causing the drive belt to come off . It has damaged the plastic pulleys and the fan blades on the transmission. I almost wrecked the tractor when the drive belt jumped off( rolled down hill unexpectedly). I have noted many consumers are complaining of this. Is there a recall on this, is husqvarna doing anything like replacing /repairing this or has a class action suit been initiated (yet)? This flaw is obviously due to weak or substandard engineering and is a significant safety issue. Hopefully I will hear something shortly..as I am not at all pleased with the condition/performance of this equipment given the price I paid for it (new!).

Thank you

I purchased a Husqvarna YTH22V42 Lawn Mower on 06/14/10. The serial number on the Mower is 051010A002128. The Briggs & Stratton Intek 724cc 22 HP Motor has a build date of 06/2007 & the Serial Number is 070610YG68732. The dealer said that the engine being 3 years old didn't matter. What's the deal. Motor sits in a warehouse for almost three years before it's installed in a mower.

Johnny Chambliss

I have a husqvarna YTH2348 lawn tractor. I pulled the mower out of my shed for the first time this spring. The mower will not move in forward or reverse. I tried to purge the transmission as recommended on this website. Do you have any specific instructions for purging the transmission on a YTH2348. The mower ran fine before I stored it for the winter. I checked the belts and the drive pedal linkage. What additional suggestions do you have?

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Just bought a YTA24V48 FAST Tractor. This is an automatic transmission not hydrostatic. Going thru setup and got to purging transmission but found it impossible to following the instructions. However, before getting into all the details let me first ask if this is even necessary on the automatic transmission? From some of my reading, I get the impression the purging is for the hydrostatic transmissions and are not necessary for automatics. Is this true?

If not true, here is my problem. The Instructions start off as:
1. Place tractor safely on a level surface... with engine off and parking brake set.
2. Disengage transmission by placing free-wheel control in disengaged position. Here's where the problem occurs. The free-wheel control will not stay in the disengaged position while parking brake is engaged. If I take the parking brake off I can then use the free-wheel control to disengage the transmission but as soon as I try to set parking brake the free-wheel transmission control engages.

So I am left with the choice of ignoring the parking brake instructions altogether and just leave transmission disengaged and parking brake off the whole time (since to do further steps in purging requires releasing parking brake anyway). So if the automatic transmission also needs to be purged. it only logical to skip messing with parking brake... Right?

Finally, I have a question concerning the free-wheel control. On my old riding mower, this control had shoulder on the control that fitted into a slot in a keyhole that prevented it from returning to the engaged position. This new Husqvarna has the keyhole and the control that moves front to back but no shoulder on the control. The manual and diagram on the mower indicate the control having a shoulder. What's up with that?