11/3/2016 12:11 PM
Hoping anyone might be able to help me with my Aercore 800. My staff had told me the unit was trouble and never worked well so as aerification came closer I started checking into it and found many issues (timing off, bad bearings, belt tensions off, etc) and made necessary repairs. 2 weeks ago I took it out to get the nursery and practice greens finished to make sure all was good before we started on the rest of the greens once we closed for the winter this week. Started off great punching a good hole etc. until the last pass of these 3 greens when a ram drive belt went. No problem had an extra belt replaced and re-timed and ready to go...of course light snow arrives Monday so we wait until yesterday. First green it makes 5 passes and when I lift unit to turn it makes some noises and head wont lower or raise for that matter. I turn the engine off and the head still acts like it is stuck between raise and lower...tines not moving but machine shaking. Only way this will stop is to turn the key on(engine not started) and move the move raise lower handle to lower though head does not move. If key back off, starts shaking again until you turn key back on and move handle. JD thinks it may be a bad relay however I do not have a tech manual for the machine and have no idea where to start testing. Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated