John Deere Cowl Panel Replacement and Side Panel Alignment

How to change the plastic cowl panels on a John Deere 4200, 4210, 4300, 4310, 4400, 4410, 4500, 4510, 4600, 4610, 4700, 4710. How to align the side panels and nose.

[@desmetde]

I bought the entire plastic set from Kumar brothers on Amazon

[@dankcorey2424]

How was the quality? I need to get a whole new plastic set

[@KenWeston]

Any chance you can do one on dealing with the brakes, return springs etc?

[@darrenmas]

Sure, just did one side on the 4300. If one side is sticking you want to take the wheel off that side and move the brake lever manually with large wrench or small mallet. After manually moving the lever it will free itself up and return to normal. You'll have to move it 40-50 times to fully free it up back to normal. WD-40 around the shaft area also helps. Real common issue.

[@KenWeston]

@@darrenmas Mine haven't worked normally since about 1 year after ownership. I'd crawl under and bang the brakes back. I consider the brakes "emergency" brakes which is obviously wrong. I should be able to brake steer in certain circumstances etc but I stopped. I will give it a try. The P light stays on but isn't dragging unless someone uses the brake, but thankfully since it is E-Hydro that's pretty rare.

[@darrenmas]

Yup, sounds familiar, such a common issue. I'm always able to get it back to normal using the 40-50 times method. Most all the 4000 series machines I do have this problem on one side. Parking brake light is also really common. I think I did a video on that fix. Might be on a 4210 though. Was also a hydro so should be same on yours.