SOme #@($%&) mowers clog up so bad you will break belts if you don't clean it out. It's been so wet this year that the grass will mold and stink the shop up so bad you can't stand it. I'd leave it alone if it was cosmetic, but I can't mow unless I keep the deck clean. I'm going to do something over the winter, if I ever get to quit mowing this year.