EGO Z6 Anti-Rattle Dampeners (improved)

I was tired of my mower deck banging and rattling around while driving across the yard at higher speeds. Much of the rattle comes from the bare metal rod that the front of the deck hooks to, and there is more rattle in the back hanging points too. 

The larger dampeners go on the rod, then slip into the metal hooks on the leading edge of the cutting deck.

The cup washers go between the rear deck hanger and the nylon washer under it. Simply remove the bolt and washer and add the cup washer in-between and reassemble.

Be sure to do the install on a flat surface and measure the deck height at each hanging point, as each of the 4 added parts will raise the deck slightly.

For the brake linkage, the dampener just goes on the rod and over the square pipe frame above (pre-2026 models of the zero turn only). This requires removing the lock pin of the long road at the rear linkage near the left rear wheel. The dampener should be placed just before the linkage by maybe 2 inches.

There are photos of each dampener after installation

Though I designed these for older models, I stopped by ACE Hardware recently with my calipers, and found that my deck dampeners should fit and work well on the newest 2026 models, as the deck mounts have not changed.

Though these dampeners work very well, if anyone has ideas to better solve this, please let me know.

I printed mine in lime green TPU, with cubic infill of 25%, so all parts have some cushion. No supports needed. IF you choose to use a hard material.other than TPU, I did make a PETG labelled version of the front bushings so you can get them onto the front hanger rod.

Check out my models for the Z6, like the bagger weight bumpers, or trunk mounts.

Other EGO Z6 models: