Posted 9/10/2024 22:12 (#10885806) Subject: John Deere quality gone downhill
oregon
The castings and steel used to be top notch. Now they are junky.
I came across this while cleaning up today.
Here is an example. These cylinders mount in pairs to raise/lower a seed bed tool. This is how worn the ends are after appx 1500 raise/lower cycles. They used to easily last 5x as long.