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Old 05-18-2018, 01:49 AM
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I have an older, low hours LTX 1040 with the timed deck. It has been pretty reliable for the past 5 years but I hit a dog rope toy my kids threw in a pile of leaves. The rope wrapped around the blades and threw off the timing belt causing the blades to hit each other, heavily damaging them.
Kids will be kids. Now you know to check the piles of leaves.


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The timing belt survived the incident but I need new blades. Is there a shorter blade set for this mower that I can use to avoid the timing in the event the timing belt skips again?
No.


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The deck also uses a shorter deck drive belt that the non-timed version. Does anyone know the length of the belt. Most of the part info I can find on the LTX doesn't list the pre 2009 version info.
Look it up here:
http://www.cubcadet.com/equipment/AR...A/769045870028
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