Drew DiCocco

I too have a LGT 2654 with a cracked frame.  After many hours of examination I found it was not totally a poor designed weak frame, it was actually that the front support of the transmission came loose which allowed the transmission to turn and then crack the frame.  The engineering of the aluminum transmission body is bolted to the front transmission mount with two self tapping screws.  These screws probably sheered off in the first 50 hours of use, allowing the transmission to torque the frame until cracking.  What I did was to first find a 2" x 2" x 2" "L" bracket, so I could bolt transmission securely / permanently to the front transmission support, there is a frame whole in the transmission that made this support easy.  Next I went to the hardware store and bought two 2" x 2" x 6" "L' brackets and remounted the axial supports to the frame using two of their wholes and adding one of my own.   Next I tossed out the rear deck support bar, this bar pulls the front transmission mount away from the transmission and adds way too much tension to the support which causes it to bend.  This fix lasted me for 60 hours this summer in hopes to last another 10 years or so.