Lawn sweeper belt

[Cub Cadet 123]

Originally Posted by Berwil

So I got an old non stick pan from my scrap bin, and I was smart enough to use the side burner on the grill instead of stinking up the kitchen. I trimmed the ends of the belt to give me fresh ends to bond. I heated up the skillet and pushed the ends into the pan. Low and behold it mushroomed out so I smushed the ends together and held it....bingo! I trimmed the flash off and put it back on the sweeper. I swept my yard and some heavy wet grass from next door for my garden with no problems! Thanks George!

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I did buy a 3/8" 3L belt from tractor supply the other day, I guessed on length and got lucky. The belt fits and seem to work right although I did not sweep grass with it. For $5 I'll hang it in the shed incase the fix doesn't last.

Bill

Wow Bill, that sounds like something McGiver would do. Nice fix and great suggestion Georg !!! Your neighbors probably smelled something funky cooking, though. Glad you are up and running again.

Cub Cadet 123

[ol'George]

Originally Posted by Berwil

Pic on the sweeper

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Bill

Looking
@ your pulleys in that pix view, and how deep the round belt sits, I'm betting it had a "V" belt on it's birthday, and someone put the urethane belt on it later on.

[Berwil]

Thanks maxwell, it didn't smell that bad, but enough I would have got dirty looks if I did it in the kitchen.

I see what you mean George, but the assembly instruction sheet the po gave me shows/mentions the round belts. When I put the v-belt on, it actually rides sideways in the large pulley because it has very little room to fully flip between the pulleys and flatten back out. It shouldn't be a big deal because the belt sits deep enough it won't jump out. Thanks again for the help!

Bill