Hello this is the latest just replaced the mower deck belt with the identical one and the belt is perfect but there's this weird noise when engaging the blades it might be a pulley I don't know what it is but individually they all spin when you remove the deck completely away from the machine it's just everything's all hooked up the problem seems to surface but this is it if anybody has any ideas based on sound I would appreciate it greatly.
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Export threadHello this is the latest just replaced the mower deck belt with the identical one and the belt is perfect but there's this weird noise when engaging the blades it might be a pulley I don't know what it is but individually they all spin when you remove the deck completely away from the machine it's just everything's all hooked up the problem seems to surface but this is it if anybody has any ideas based on sound I would appreciate it greatly.
I believe that they all rotate perfectly the pulleys just based on what you're hearing does it sound like a specific pulley? Or something else?
Hello this is the latest just replaced the mower deck belt with the identical one and the belt is perfect but there's this weird noise when engaging the blades it might be a pulley I don't know what it is but individually they all spin when you remove the deck completely away from the machine it's just everything's all hooked up the problem seems to surface but this is it if anybody has any ideas based on sound I would appreciate it greatly.
Thanks,
Jim
Today I should be getting another brand new spindle + maybe I don't need it but this Craftsman lt 2000 42-in deck will now have two brand new spindles made a video yesterday where there's a grinding noise + the more I thought about it it's possible because I reduced the tension on that spring for the PTO lever itself so I'm wondering if the transition from the brake against the pulley to no break against the pulley it's taking a lot longer and that is the grinding noise that I'm hearing I imagine when you move that lever to engage the blades that the break should be completely away from the pulley and very quickly but I'm not positive but it's just something if someone reads this it might help them. So in summary I think by adjusting that slide bracket which mounts to the mower deck clutch that there's a lot more play in it it could be preventing the brake from moving away from the pulley very quickly. So it's just that slide bracket so a slight movement of the PTO lever causes the pulley brake to move away pretty much right away.
Jim
Jim