Does he want another one for the collection?? 🤣😂😂 Seriously, I don't have a clue as to what to do with this thing unless I use it as an excuse to learn welding.
@@EricWillis77 I feel that. Their chainsaws are great, I have an old 55 Rancher from 2005 that still works like new, easy starting. I thought they would have built a better Tractor. Oh well...
@@quantumphaser Yep for what they charge it should be better. I miss my old saw that I sold. I bought a new smaller 440e. I had to order a screwdriver set just to get it running on husqvarnas own can fuel 🤷🏼♂️😳
@@EricWillis77they build tough commercial stuff. This is a homeowners mower. My old Husqvarna mower from 2014 has 640 hours on it and never a frame problem. My saws and weed eater have also been great. Be sure to switch car brands the second you have any trouble with it because that makes the entire brand unreliable
This exact same thing happened me with this exact same mower. My LGT2654. Every time I would put it into gear the drive belt would slip off and I couldn't figure it out for the longest time. Finally upon closer inspection the rear frame was cracked on the left and right side near each rear wheel where the transmission mounts and each time the mower jerked forward, the torque on the transmission would twist it enough to have the belt slip off of the rear fan pulley. Went to Lowe's, bought some nice stiff angle iron and cut two 5 inch pieces with a hack saw, one for the left side crack and one for the right and simply drilled three 3/8" holes through the angle iron and through the good part of the frame and put three bolts/nuts on the sides and drilled matching holes on the bottom of the angle iron and fed the transmission bolts thru to the new metal. Bam! worked like a charm, no more transmission twist. Solid repair. I spent $2500 on this mower thinking that was enough for some quality and longevity, but they're all junk.
You think they'd just weld a little plate steel in that spot on both sides if it's a known issue. But then the mower would last longer, we can't have that!
Yeah, it's a shame it was built on such a weak foundation. They just have to cut corners more and more. How much money was saved by skimping on the metal? Not enough to fix a tarnished reputation.
My identical mower frame broke in the same spot. Got lucky and fan blade survived. Had to stabilize the frame with plate steel to transport it and then have a weld job with angle iron to strengthen that spot in the frame.. Paid too much for it to have a frame break.
I'm hoping to get new pieces for the ones that broke and reinforce it. I haven't had time to get to it yet but I'd like to fix it to be better than factory since I do like the tractor and I think it's worth saving. This is a bigger job than I was prepared for. I don't know how to weld but I might be able to bolt on reinforcement metal to the weak areas. I will know more when I lift the body off the frame. Thanks for commenting and if you have any ideas, I would be happy to hear them. I'm pretty bummed out this happened, I was only using it to mow, so light duty but who knows what the previous owner did. Cheers Greg
@@quantumphaser They're junk, weak frames. It has nothing to do with previous owners. They break where the trans mounts with their anemic frames. I run a repair business sad to see how shit new tractors are.
I was looking to get one of those until I heard of the frames….You’re in that repair business, without spending a fortune are there any tractors out there now that don’t have major issues like this?
This is happening to so so many customers, there should be a class action! they know of the issue and do nothing! I will never buy a new mower again. Back to my 30 year old JD and I will fit a new Kawasaki motor. will last me the rest of my life. I am so over this new age of design and engineering to fail! disgusting.
there's no point in fixing it. it'll just crack again and even if you do fix it, it's damn near impossible to keep it as straight as it needs to be and the belt will keep coming off. it's designed to fail after the warranty so you might as well just throw it away and buy a new one.
Have you tackled this project yet? Lol this EXACT thing just happened to me. I’m guessing I will be asking my neighbor for help welding it back together lol
No it's on backburner right now cause I'm finishing the and driveway but I am looking for ideas because I have no idea at this momentExactly I'm gonna fix this thing I may have to buy new frame parts and then reinforce those depending on how screwed up what I find is after I take it all apart. I also don't know what got damaged when that thing collapsed on itself.
My father-in-law just gave me a lgt2654 it looks brand new, I think I will fix this problem before it becomes a problem . Ps where did you get the top on your tractor ??
That is not the initial fracture you can see it next to the Sway Rod Bracket in the attaching screws area. It is a design and user failure, the frame is severely weakened by the drilling of the two screw holes that hols this braket so when the operator acidentally hit something with the deck the force of the impact is transmitted by the Anti-Sway Rod to the Braket which will transmit the force and end up fracturing the frame. After the frame is cut by the fracture the lost of support will cause more areas of the frame to get damage.
Yeah, I really got screwed on that one. The deception of people is disgusting. They knew what they were selling. At least the Cub Cadet didn't disappoint.
Isn't it? Isn't it the initial fracture that can be seen in his video when first bought it? ("I bought a 2016 Husqvarna LGT2654 Tractor WITH a Bagger for $500 BUT there is a catch!" [4:29] ) It's at the exact same spot, right next to the two mounting bolts, where the two pieces butt together.
Haven't gotten around to it yet, been using the push mower. Lost 40 lbs, so not a bad deal.😂 Finishing the pool and then I'll have time to figure it out.
Got my first one of these in today. Three years old, cracked frame on both sides where trans mounts. If your going to spent 2500 bucks buy a real garden tractor.
Hey Bud, I'm subscriber number 2! Still haven't done much with the Husqvarna but the Cub is mowing fine, I'll be putting videos up soon and kick off the new season, it's just been cold here. Looking forward to seeing a video of your tractor. Cheers Greg
@@quantumphaser Good to hear about cub mowing good still. Thanks for subscribing! I hope things are going well down there with the weather. I had a couple of ideas for the Husqvarna. 1st was you could sell it for about 500 bucks as is and try to get a gt2523 cub. Next was you can replace the frame with the heavier duty one, then slap a k66 in it. But you would have to convert it over to foot controlled hydro instead of hand controlled. 3 was you could sell the Husqvarna again and just get a husqvarna gt with a hydro gear g730. (Not as strong as the bdu10L-225 in the cub. The bdu10L-225 has 270 more ft lbs of torque than the g730.) 4th was to get the gt1554 instead of the Husqvarna. They came in hydrogear g730s and 12 gauge steel frames with 27hp kohler engines and 54 inch decks. The baby version of the 2500 series lacking a lot of its heavy features but still a much more capable tractor than a Husqvarna or simplicity or kubota or john deere. Those seem like the best options for a solution. Cant wait for you to start posting some tractor vids!
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My brother has two broken in half. Main frame in front of seat.
Does he want another one for the collection?? 🤣😂😂
Seriously, I don't have a clue as to what to do with this thing unless I use it as an excuse to learn welding.
@@quantumphaser
I believe he is done with anything husqvarna.
@@EricWillis77 I feel that. Their chainsaws are great, I have an old 55 Rancher from 2005 that still works like new, easy starting. I thought they would have built a better Tractor. Oh well...
@@quantumphaser
Yep for what they charge it should be better. I miss my old saw that I sold. I bought a new smaller 440e. I had to order a screwdriver set just to get it running on husqvarnas own can fuel 🤷🏼♂️😳
@@EricWillis77they build tough commercial stuff. This is a homeowners mower. My old Husqvarna mower from 2014 has 640 hours on it and never a frame problem. My saws and weed eater have also been great. Be sure to switch car brands the second you have any trouble with it because that makes the entire brand unreliable
This exact same thing happened me with this exact same mower. My LGT2654. Every time I would put it into gear the drive belt would slip off and I couldn't figure it out for the longest time. Finally upon closer inspection the rear frame was cracked on the left and right side near each rear wheel where the transmission mounts and each time the mower jerked forward, the torque on the transmission would twist it enough to have the belt slip off of the rear fan pulley. Went to Lowe's, bought some nice stiff angle iron and cut two 5 inch pieces with a hack saw, one for the left side crack and one for the right and simply drilled three 3/8" holes through the angle iron and through the good part of the frame and put three bolts/nuts on the sides and drilled matching holes on the bottom of the angle iron and fed the transmission bolts thru to the new metal. Bam! worked like a charm, no more transmission twist. Solid repair. I spent $2500 on this mower thinking that was enough for some quality and longevity, but they're all junk.
I lost count of how many husqvarna frames cracked in that very same place after the warranty
You think they'd just weld a little plate steel in that spot on both sides if it's a known issue. But then the mower would last longer, we can't have that!
Husquavarna frames always had that issue. Two huskys two craftsman same frame all four borken
Yeah, it's a shame it was built on such a weak foundation.
They just have to cut corners more and more. How much money was saved by skimping on the metal? Not enough to fix a tarnished reputation.
My identical mower frame broke in the same spot. Got lucky and fan blade survived. Had to stabilize the frame with plate steel to transport it and then have a weld job with angle iron to strengthen that spot in the frame.. Paid too much for it to have a frame break.
I have had the frame replace once under, had to weld the frame back together, and now I will be replacing my transmission for the 2nd time in 7 years.
I'm hoping to get new pieces for the ones that broke and reinforce it.
I haven't had time to get to it yet but I'd like to fix it to be better than factory since I do like the tractor and I think it's worth saving.
This is a bigger job than I was prepared for.
I don't know how to weld but I might be able to bolt on reinforcement metal to the weak areas.
I will know more when I lift the body off the frame.
Thanks for commenting and if you have any ideas, I would be happy to hear them.
I'm pretty bummed out this happened, I was only using it to mow, so light duty but who knows what the previous owner did.
Cheers
Greg
@@quantumphaser They're junk, weak frames. It has nothing to do with previous owners. They break where the trans mounts with their anemic frames. I run a repair business sad to see how shit new tractors are.
I was looking to get one of those until I heard of the frames….You’re in that repair business, without spending a fortune are there any tractors out there now that don’t have major issues like this?
This is happening to so so many customers, there should be a class action! they know of the issue and do nothing! I will never buy a new mower again. Back to my 30 year old JD and I will fit a new Kawasaki motor. will last me the rest of my life. I am so over this new age of design and engineering to fail! disgusting.
Older quality is definitely better than what they are trying to pass off as quality today.
Please do the video on fixing this. It's too nice not to resurrect.
there's no point in fixing it. it'll just crack again and even if you do fix it, it's damn near impossible to keep it as straight as it needs to be and the belt will keep coming off. it's designed to fail after the warranty so you might as well just throw it away and buy a new one.
Thanks, was going TS248XD, but not now. Seen other busted frame video.
Sadly they are shiny junk.
Run far away, get an XT3 before there stock is gone.
Have you tackled this project yet? Lol this EXACT thing just happened to me. I’m guessing I will be asking my neighbor for help welding it back together lol
No it's on backburner right now cause I'm finishing the and driveway but I am looking for ideas because I have no idea at this momentExactly I'm gonna fix this thing
I may have to buy new frame parts and then reinforce those depending on how screwed up what I find is after I take it all apart.
I also don't know what got damaged when that thing collapsed on itself.
My father-in-law just gave me a lgt2654 it looks brand new, I think I will fix this problem before it becomes a problem . Ps where did you get the top on your tractor ??
Someone commented on your video when you bought it saying the frame was clearly broken.
You can buy another frame of Amazon they’re about $150
Thank you, I'll look into that!
That is not the initial fracture you can see it next to the Sway Rod Bracket in the attaching screws area. It is a design and user failure, the frame is severely weakened by the drilling of the two screw holes that hols this braket so when the operator acidentally hit something with the deck the force of the impact is transmitted by the Anti-Sway Rod to the Braket which will transmit the force and end up fracturing the frame. After the frame is cut by the fracture the lost of support will cause more areas of the frame to get damage.
Yeah, I really got screwed on that one. The deception of people is disgusting.
They knew what they were selling. At least the Cub Cadet didn't disappoint.
@@quantumphaser Those old Cadets never disappoint!
Isn't it? Isn't it the initial fracture that can be seen in his video when first bought it? ("I bought a 2016 Husqvarna LGT2654 Tractor WITH a Bagger for $500 BUT there is a catch!" [4:29] ) It's at the exact same spot, right next to the two mounting bolts, where the two pieces butt together.
That's a tough break I'm not a fan of what happened.
Holy shit
I am having the same exact issue. How did you make out?
Haven't gotten around to it yet, been using the push mower.
Lost 40 lbs, so not a bad deal.😂
Finishing the pool and then I'll have time to figure it out.
Got my first one of these in today. Three years old, cracked frame on both sides where trans mounts. If your going to spent 2500 bucks buy a real garden tractor.
The frame broke under the weight of the quantumphaser
Hey greg! Hows things going with the Husqvarna?
Hey Bud,
I'm subscriber number 2!
Still haven't done much with the Husqvarna but the Cub is mowing fine, I'll be putting videos up soon and kick off the new season, it's just been cold here.
Looking forward to seeing a video of your tractor.
Cheers
Greg
@@quantumphaser Good to hear about cub mowing good still. Thanks for subscribing! I hope things are going well down there with the weather. I had a couple of ideas for the Husqvarna. 1st was you could sell it for about 500 bucks as is and try to get a gt2523 cub. Next was you can replace the frame with the heavier duty one, then slap a k66 in it. But you would have to convert it over to foot controlled hydro instead of hand controlled. 3 was you could sell the Husqvarna again and just get a husqvarna gt with a hydro gear g730. (Not as strong as the bdu10L-225 in the cub. The bdu10L-225 has 270 more ft lbs of torque than the g730.) 4th was to get the gt1554 instead of the Husqvarna. They came in hydrogear g730s and 12 gauge steel frames with 27hp kohler engines and 54 inch decks. The baby version of the 2500 series lacking a lot of its heavy features but still a much more capable tractor than a Husqvarna or simplicity or kubota or john deere. Those seem like the best options for a solution. Cant wait for you to start posting some tractor vids!
Why isn’t someone doing something about this issue. Husqvarna should have to pay for this?
Frame broke on mine on both sides as well. Never again Husqvarna until they improve quality. New models look just as cheap quality