Deck belt change on a Green Machine
So, I have a John Deere GT 235 in my garage because my gal's uncle sold it to her dad. I am not particularly fond of it, but it has been reliable for several years so far and it has been in service for about 25 years. I can appreciate quality machines, but when I had to change the deck belt my opinion changed quickly. The doggone things has pulleys everywhere! I cannot get the deck off of the tractor, so my change is made even more challenging as I have to strong arm the tensioner pulley. The belt got trapped underneath the driver's RHS far pulley and because a bolt extends up, it took me way to long to free up the belt for removal. All the time I was saying, "Who engineered this train wreck!!!". IH had it well engineered for the QA deck and the simplicity of designing just 4 pulleys instead of 7.
Cub Cadet 123
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