I just realized I have a qa36, not a cc36 like the guy who sold it to me said.
I'm really struggling to get belt tension on this thing and I believe the nut just below the pulley is destroying bolts.
I replaced the the original adjuster handle/bolt with a normal bolt and have been using a socket to adjust. I just pulled it with great effort and the top of the threads are destroyed and I couldnt manually thread the original back in.
I'm hesitant to jam that bolt back in there, I'd probably be done shoveling in the time it would take to run out and get a tap and die kit(which I'd rather borrow from work monday)
Is there any way to create tension without using that bolt?
Also, anyone with a bottom adjuster...the manual says rotate counterclockwise for tension. Is that correct? For some reason I can't wrap my head around whats actually pulling the pulley down to create tension. I originally though you thread the adjuster in all the way, then bring the castle nut down and as you thread counterclockwise the castle nut is pulling down on that bracket but I'm not sure anymore. Thanks!