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drive belt replacement...

old belt broke and have no idea on how to route the new one

Asked by brad on 08/08/2008 9  Answers

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Doug posted an answer 15 years, 7 months ago

5 I have pictures of the belt assembly and various angles.
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Doug posted an answer 15 years, 7 months ago

4 This is a pain to replace but it is "do-able". The drawing is not to scale but does help with the routing. There are 2 springs not shown on the drawing. One is on the left side and the other on the right side. The steering rods have to be removed to route the new belt. The belt has to go around another member on the underside that connects to one of the springs. Other then that MAKE SURE YOU NOTE HOW YOU TAKE THIS THING APART. There are spacers under the pulleys and if you don't get them back the same way you are making for a mess. Take down the double pulley assembly by the center bolt. DO NOT DISASSEMBLE THE DOUBLE PULLEY UNDER THE MOWER. Wait until you have the entire assembly out of the tractor before you disassemble it or you will be buying a parts manual to get it back together. As always have fun.....
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Doug posted an answer 15 years, 7 months ago

4 Note there is a adjustment for the tension of the belt on the second pulley
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Doug posted an answer 15 years, 7 months ago

4 I used this drawing to keep the idea for routing the belt. Please remember that this is not to scale.
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Doug posted an answer 15 years, 7 months ago

2 looking foward towards motor
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Doug posted an answer 15 years, 7 months ago

2 double pulley assemby with belt
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Doug posted an answer 15 years, 7 months ago

2 note the springs attached to the pulley assembly.
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Doug posted an answer 15 years, 7 months ago

0 Here is the belt attached to pulley on transmission
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Doug posted an answer 15 years, 6 months ago

0 You can see 3 springs 2 of which are for the drive belt and the other for the PTO. The black spring on the left and the green spring on the right are for the drive belt. It was easier for me to take the black spring off first then remove the dual pulley mechcanism off releasing the 2nd spring. The member that I refered to that the belt had to run above is shown in the picture also (actually there are 2). The way I found easiest to take off the black spring was to go to the end closest to the front of the tractor and pull it off there.
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