Riding Lawn Mower Tires Keep Going Flat

Do you live in an area that has sand burrs, cactus or other sticky plants that keep popping your lawn mower tires? You try pulling them out but the normally break off and leave the sharp point inside the tire which penetrates the tube. Or the air comes out through the new hole that is created in a tubeless tire.

You can either keep fighting this problem or you can change to resolve it. There are a couple of ways to solve it and getting all the pointy things out of the yard is not really a good option.

You can either use tire slime inside the tire or you can install a tube that has slime in it. Personally, I like the tube with the slime in it because it gives you another layer of rubber as a buffer against those pointy things.

Tire slime is a thick liquid with particles in it that stops up those holes caused by items that penetrate including nails. It seals all the tiny holes and creates an airtight seal. The slime rolls with the tire and spreads itself out over the flat surface of the inside of the tire.

Flat lawn mower tires are a pain because it takes a bit of work to get them off the rims. So whichever solution you use, this will help solve your flat tire problems for a good while.

When I Let The Clutch Out My Riding Lawn Mower Dies

You start up your riding lawn mower and everything is running fine. You let the clutch out and then it quickly dies! You try fiddling with the different knobs and it does the same thing.

Let’s check a few things to see if we can quickly troubleshoot this problem.

First, make sure that the PTO switch or Lever is in the OFF position. Next, put the riding lawn mower in neutral and disengage any other features of the mower.

Now start the engine and let the clutch out. If it dies again, check to make sure the seat switch is connected that is under the seat. If it is disconnected, re-connect it and try again.

Most likely this problem is the seat switch. The mower is not sensing someone seated and will kill the engine if an operator is not present. It is creating a scenario where the mower is tipped over and wants to shut down the engine to stop the blades from turning and injuring the rider if the mower rolled over onto them.

You can replace the seat switch fairly easily and a common one is this //ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ac&ref=qf_sp_asin_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=lawnmowerre02-20&marketplace=amazon&region=US&placement=B004HSFDT4&asins=B004HSFDT4&linkId=ed9f0add22f818e9db12f4675f36bae3&show_border=false&link_opens_in_new_window=false&price_color=333333&title_color=0066c0&bg_color=ffffff“>switch.