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Originally Posted by FrankF3
I would say a belt is worth a shot. About 2 years ago, I noticed the snow blower on my my 1572 not throwing the snow as it did. The engine never saw the load and power was not being transferred to the thrower. Initially I thought it was the PTO clutch as well, but when I investigated the problem after the storm, I found out that belt was worn to the point that it was narrower in width to the point where it was riding down lower in the groove and actually bottoming out in the bottom of the sheaves and not gripping on the sides of the "V" part of the belt. I went to Tractor Supply, and found some blue Kevlar belts that were not as tall in the "V" so they would not have as much as a tendency to bottom out in the pulley. It ran like I was used to after the belt change.
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Thanks. I did order a new belt. Like I said earlier, I figure it is cheap enough to give it a shot. If it is a PTO clutch, the cost of the new belt is just a fraction of that repair anyway.