ok; no "solid" answers so far, and I want my garage space back so that I can work on MY Cubs, so what the heck I reassembled the guy's deck using shiney new pulleys from a rotten scrap heap of a deck and new tension spring, along with plenty of POR 15 especially on the bottom of the deck and on both sides of the reinforcement plate on the top side;
the 85" belt went on fine, plenty of travel on the idler.
hope this helps somebody else out...
Gates "green" belt $18 and change, OEM Cub belt more than double that, there are cheaper belts too but I wouldn't suggest them if you want more than a couple of uses from them.....
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