1320 PTO belt will not stop
Hi,
I have a 1320 in well maintained condition. It has the newer style front deck bracket that makes the deck 'fore and aft' adjustable. I have a properly sized belt, my tensioner is clean, greased and operates freely.
My deck brake is maintained, adjusted and works properly.
Even with the deck adjusted to make the belt extremely loose, when I pull the disengage lever the belt stops, I hear the brake grab, the blades stop. But then the belt slowly starts moving with enough pull to override the brake. I have even cleaned and sanded the drive pulley with successively finer emory cloth till it was polished so smooth I wondered if it would even pull the belt ( it does ).
It slipped bad enough the other day when I was using the tractor to haul a wagon and not cutting grass that the brake started smoking. I put on a new belt and it still persists. This is a development this season that has not happened in all the years I've previously cut grass with it. Any suggestions?
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