- 1. Belt drive lawn tractor... needs belts? (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 17:27:56 -0400
- I have a 44" 16hp Craftsman lawn tractor. Older but not antique. I've had to fix it up a bit since I acquired it, but it seems ok, now, I've used it all of this year so far, just mowing. This is a be
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- 2. Re: Belt drive lawn tractor... needs belts? (score: 1)
- Author: "E. John Puckett" <ejpuckett@centurytel.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:32:14 -0500
- If this is the smae type I used to have, which your description sounds like, there are 2 dirve blets, one form the engien to a center pulley, and a second one form the center pulley to the transaxle.
- /html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00154.html (9,355 bytes)
- 3. Re: Belt drive lawn tractor... needs belts? (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:38:13 -0500
- I just replaced the drive belt in my push mower. The one that came out was all of a 1/4 inch longer when stretched on a belt measurer. It looked quite good, The tensioner had just run out of adjustme
- /html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00155.html (7,889 bytes)
- 4. Re: Belt drive lawn tractor... needs belts? (score: 1)
- Author: BSHolden@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:57:21 EDT
- I believe that ej hit the nail: It's probably that blasted center adjustable shiv/pully. As the former owner of a JD210 with a variable speed drive I can testify that the adjustability feature wears
- /html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00156.html (8,447 bytes)
- 5. Re: Belt drive lawn tractor... needs belts? (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:12:46 -0400
- There is that center pulley, but from what I can tell, it doesn't seem to move. But it's hard to tell through the inspection holes, all I can do is feel it with my fingers, I can't see it. From what
- /html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00163.html (10,073 bytes)
- 6. Re: Belt drive lawn tractor... needs belts? (score: 1)
- Author: "E. John Puckett" <ejpuckett@centurytel.net>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:43:39 -0500
- The center pulley doesn't move back and forth, but the center divider (sheave ) on it moves up and down as the belt tension is tightened and released, this allows the belts to ride higher or deeper i
- /html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00171.html (9,962 bytes)
- 7. Re: Belt drive lawn tractor... needs belts? (score: 1)
- Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 19:33:09 -0400
- Ok... so what is the symptoms of the failure of this piece? (sounds like it's a common failure part from the posts here) Thanks. -- Trevor Boicey, P. Eng. Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca ICQ #1743293
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- 8. Re: Belt drive lawn tractor... needs belts? (score: 1)
- Author: "E. John Puckett" <ejpuckett@centurytel.net>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 20:02:18 -0500
- The main symptom is limited speed control, as we've been discussing. A replacement pulley is pretty expensive (usually more than the mower is worth), but it can frequently be repaired by replacing th
- /html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00173.html (8,254 bytes)
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