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Old 12-28-2014, 03:55 PM
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WOW! I'm surprised that belts last any time on something like that, too many twists and turns. Was MTD too cheap to do a shaft driven blower?
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Yup its a 551. 2 of the upper mounting pivot bolts seem loose which I can move the bower forward and back but I don't think that is it either. One of the shoulder bolts where the blower slides over when you mount it is tightened more than the other. I'm thinking the blower mount isn't back far enough. I'll try that tomorrow. What's your thoughts on not using cub cadet belts?
There is really nothing "special" about most of the belts, as long as you use a quality name brand belt like a Gates in the correct length, width and profile it should perform just fine.
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2086 w/54" Deck, 54" Haban Snow Blade
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WOW! I'm surprised that belts last any time on something like that, too many twists and turns. Was MTD too cheap to do a shaft driven blower?
No more twists than the mule drive on your 982, and yes the 3000 series tractors have a shaft drive blower and deck.
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Group 44, true, but I'm thinking that the angle the belt is hitting that front pulley it will wear faster than normal. If they only used one set of idler pulleys I don't see how the belt would align up properly. I'm thinking it will look like this. V

Plus that belt is shorter than a mower deck and is twisting more because the drive and driven pulleys are parallel.

I don't know, I'm just throwing that out there. I live in Georgia and have never seen a 451 or a 551.
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It's not as bad as it looks like in the pics Todd. I don't have my blower on now, but my belt runs really straight. The last couple winters I put around 40 or 50 hours (per winter) on mine. I'm using the same belt I bought about 10 years ago. So probably about 200-250 hours on it. (It doesn't get used every year.)
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Thanks David I thought about buying a blade but I hate having big snow banks all around. Plus it looks like crap when you are done
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