24 HP Husqvarna mower will not move ....runs great but no forward or reverse.

[Alweeja]

Did not do this until I removed the wheel to fix a flat tire. What could be the problem?

 

[platefire]

Sounds like your drive belt either jumped off or broke. You have to look up above your deck into the frame. That is what drives your transmission and if it jumps off or breaks, it won't move. Bob

 

[Scrubcadet10]

The wheels arent keyed onto the axel are they?
But its more than likely what bob said.

 

[SeniorCitizen]

Using a magnet you can find the square drive key in the grass often right there in close proximity where you pulled the wheel off. You'll hear it make a clank/click sound when the magnet locates it. Pull the wheel back off and install it then go mow grass.

 

[Alweeja]

The wheels arent keyed onto the axel are they?
But its more than likely what bob said.

The wheels are not locked on, just two washers and a grommet to hold them on. There is a two inch 1\4 centimeter strip engraved on the axl where the attatches.

 

[MowLife]

The wheels are not locked on, just two washers and a grommet to hold them on. There is a two inch 1\4 centimeter strip engraved on the axl where the attatches.

In that groove in the axle should be a steel key way. The wheel needs to be locked to the axle shaft or it will just spin and not go anywhere.

 

[Alweeja]

In that groove in the axle should be a steel key way. The wheel needs to be locked to the axle shaft or it will just spin and not go anywhere.

What makes the wheel lock into the steel key way. Do you rotate the tire until it is locked in? Someone earlier said something fits inside the channel engraved into the axle. Is that the “key”? What does it look like and how is it installed so the wheel stays still?

 

[SeniorCitizen]

The axle has a groove called a Key Seat. The hub of the wheel has a Key Way. Look in the wheel hub and you'll see that groove. Find the key that fell out when you pulled the wheel and install it in the key seat. If you are unable to find it buy a new piece of key stock and cut it to length, about 1-1/2" long or about 38 mm.

 

[Alweeja]

Thanks for all the help. I never found the key so I just made one. I took a tire pressure gauge and remove the square center piece that measures the tire pressure and installed it on the slot. It is a perfect fit and is working great so far.

 

[SeniorCitizen]

Maybe the manufacturers can learn from this. Now, if they would press a plastic bushing in the wheel hub we would never have difficulty removing a wheel because of rust.