Whilst cutting under shrubs with the ride-on, it seems as though the grass collector emptying lever got caught up with a branch. As this lever is made from 25mm tube, you can run a car over it and it won't bend. However, the torque in a 600cc twin means that the force gets transmitted to the next weakest thing, and this is sufficient to wrench the collector off the rear of the ride-on, dump all the grass, and re-work the frame into something approaching a Christmas novelty toy. The bottom would lock in, but the top frame was too twisted to get close to locking by about 50mm. Closest on RHS. RHS was badly bent, and I used the LHS to get the shape back. Then removed the twist to get the top bit to bit into the catches, then re-bend the RHS to get the top cover to fit.
The left of the picture is RHS on the mower.
This 25mm tube frame is manufactured to a tolerance of around 1mm to ensure it fits and locks to the ride-on correctly. I'm not convinced it's back to the original shape as I can't say I've ever spent time admiring it. It does fit, and works ok now. Just need to weld a support bar back on and paint all the bits of powder I've scraped off.
All the 25mm tube is 2.3mm wall
£124 to replace it
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