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Originally Posted by Sam Mac
My BIL has a 2180 that has the same issue. I adjusted the front of the deck up, didn't help then got looking at it close and it looks like over time the center pulley get's bent forward because the deck bends from the tension on the belt. I shimmed it up to level it and as of now I have not heard of any more problems.
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I glad to hear that I am not the only one with the problem. There is a bracket at the rear of the deck that I found cracked last year. It holds the pulley on the deck and without it the deck pulley could tip forward from the tension of the belt. I fixed that last year and did shim a bit and I thought it was enough, maybe it needs more? You may have hit on something there.
I got another new belt from the CC dealer ($46.77!!!), closely inspected the deck, the pulleys, the drive pulley and the idler pulleys, then put it on. Didn't see anything wrong, didn't fix anything, didn't change anything, just greased the deck, sharpened the blades and put the new belt on.
Mowed almost an acre, no issues. Could not have worked any better.
Yet Saturday, that same mower didn't go 50 feet before it destroyed the belt.
No idea why. I wish I knew why.
I am considering that it may be possessed by a poltergeist. A very nasty one.
