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Old 06-05-2014, 06:51 PM
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Default 1641 PTO to mower deck belt
I just got a 1641 with a 44 gt mower deck on it. I just replaced the belt that runs from the pto to the mower deck. My problem is when i engage the pto the belt on the left side runs fine but on the right side it flops around an hits off the mounting bracket an the deck, is this normal? With the pto off an the tensioners adjusted correctly the belt is nice an tight but when the pto is engaged it really flops around on the one side.
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When a belt is under load, only one side has tension on it. The other "half" of the belt is just traveling back to the "load". It's normal for the non-loaded side to slap around a bit, but not to the point it's hitting things. You need to check and make sure that the tensioners on the mule drive move freely like they should. Sometimes they get "sticky". They are spring loaded, and it sounds like they aren't flexing like they should.
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When a belt is under load, only one side has tension on it. The other "half" of the belt is just traveling back to the "load". It's normal for the non-loaded side to slap around a bit, but not to the point it's hitting things. You need to check and make sure that the tensioners on the mule drive move freely like they should. Sometimes they get "sticky". They are spring loaded, and it sounds like they aren't flexing like they should.
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Thanks, I hope to learn alot from here. It turns out that a cotter pin broke on the height adjuster for the deck on the side that the belt was flopping around on. I don't know how I didnt see it before but I put in a new pin in it an it runs great now an got rid of the extra slop in the belt.
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Thanks, I hope to learn alot from here. It turns out that a cotter pin broke on the height adjuster for the deck on the side that the belt was flopping around on. I don't know how I didnt see it before but I put in a new pin in it an it runs great now an got rid of the extra slop in the belt.
Glad to hear you found the problem and got it fixed!
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Thanks, I hope to learn alot from here. It turns out that a cotter pin broke on the height adjuster for the deck on the side that the belt was flopping around on. I don't know how I didnt see it before but I put in a new pin in it an it runs great now an got rid of the extra slop in the belt.
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