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Posted by Pavel314 on April 6, 2009, 3:28 pm
On Apr 6, 9:49=A0am, dr.kimdemp...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Last September I wrote about the mower belt slipping off the drive
> > pulley on my Craftsman lawn tractor. I discovered the solution quite
> > by accident while I had the mower off for the winter.
> > There are two brake pads that hit the blade pulleys when you disengage
> > the drive; these stop the blades' rotation instead of allowing them to
> > keep spinning after disengagement. Both pads had deep groves worn
> > through them, down to the metal on which they were mounted. This was
> > just enough extra play to let the belt slip. I replaced both pads and
> > now the belt stays put.
> > Paul
> Is this an issue that can be easily remedied or does it require the
> skills of a technician?
No special skills required. First, remove the mowing deck from the
tractor, which is fairly easy and described step-by-step in the user
manual. The pads are stuck on pivoting metal bracket thingies which
can be removed with a socket wrench; you buy new bracket thingies and
bolt them back on. Fairly obvious what goes where, but there's a
connector rod between the two that complicates things slightly. I did
it without blaspheming or throwing tools around the basement.
Paul
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> pulley on my Craftsman lawn tractor. I discovered the solution quite
> by accident while I had the mower off for the winter.
> There are two brake pads that hit the blade pulleys when you disengage
> the drive; these stop the blades' rotation instead of allowing them to
> keep spinning after disengagement. Both pads had deep groves worn
> through them, down to the metal on which they were mounted. This was
> just enough extra play to let the belt slip. I replaced both pads and
> now the belt stays put.
> Paul