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The other thing I noticed is when you pull the brake pedal all the way back towards the rear of the riding mower the belt seems very...

Forest you speak the truth. I just grabbed hold of that drive belt and lo and behold it pulls back the brake pedal. I stand corrected it...

Forest thank you very much for the detailed explanation! I now understand how the parts all work together. Jim

I stand corrected the pedal has to much play in it - I wish I could just fix this.

It just occured to me, since this LT2000 is about 15 years old or more, it should have the problem where things are loose, like the belt...

I am not sure of what the Sears parts has for a spring, their catalog depicts a spring that is say 2" long. But The one that this...

917289070 Craftsman Lawn Tractor <--- I am using this for parts

So I see where you say it's a drive belt and that's a really easy quick solution what you're talking about but I believe the problem is...

Forest thanks for your reply. I have it 'all apart' right now I could just reassemble the right rear tire/brake linkage and everything...

So I took off that spring it's known as an elongated spring which I never really knew but one side of the spring is elongated and the...

So there's this very long spring and it connects to this plate that controls the brake pads. The plate where this long spring hooks into...

Here is a short video of this rake linkage rod that I think has too much play in it so basically the brake is off + I believe that rod...

Maybe I answered my own question just get either a shorter spring or the same size spring assuming that spring is so old that it's no...

Part 159 is the cotter pin and then there's a washer behind it that is part 15