Recent content by JimP2014

Thanks Forest. I have generally speaking adopted the policy, "Don't learn safety by accident". Thanks, Jim

Well I have been battling some neck and shoulder nerve damage for a few months so a lot of how this goes depends on that no fun when you're doing some work on this thing and your whole shoulder is tingling and is numb but I think if I can move past all that and it heals reasonably well then yeah...

Here is the video of the mower deck blades engaging and no ringing noise which is significantly better than it was maybe it still needs some work for other things also. Thanks, Jim

Hey forest it's singing like your buddy Ronnie not ringing anymore let's see how long it lasts but I need to make some other changes with the deck completely removed from the frame

Mr rivets to answer your question the other ones do not have that nylon on the inside of the nut but the brand new ones that I'm using do so I don't know what you're getting to about that but I'm using the nylon inset on the nut and that's for both idler pulleys the small one and the large one

Rivets said this too. Excellent advice on the steps needed so I will have this handy as a checklist. 1. Remove the deck. 2. One at a time remove each pulley and carriage bolt and check that there is no slop between bolt and pulley bearing. Were the pulleys you purchased OEM? 3. Verify that...

But in retrospect I have those washers in place I guess for a few years and I got rid of them maybe a couple months ago because I'm saying why did I do such a stupid thing well the washers need to be there brand new right out of the factory I have no idea if you get that ringing noise when the...

You know what thanks for this because I just ran it + running pretty good as far as no more constant ringing noise but having said that I only ran it for a couple minutes so it seems like progress is being made so I will definitely take your advice and the advice of others but the most important...

The only other thing is I wonder if you can independently look up the belt for this machine I mean I come up with the belt being according to them meaning Sears parts direct something like 1/2 in wide by 101 in long and in my opinion that's wrong I'm just curious I can get you the information it...

You know I forgot to mention and thanks for reply on this Forest so when I grab that small icer pulley I could move it towards the sky and move it back towards the ground and it wasn't a lot of movement but I didn't think that was right and I forgot to even ask the question but that's what...

So I took the suggestion of Forest and I added some washers and those washers went underneath the small idler pulley and also the large idler pulley it's maybe tough to tell from this photo but it seems like the small idler pulley is tilted away from the plane of the other three pulleys and I...

I took 2 photos using the newest 5/8" x 100" kevlar belt I bought locally. 1.) I am pressing my finger and getting the belt taught and then showing how ( and with no blades engaged ) where it lines up with the midpoint of the smaller idler pulley. 2.) Using a spare small idler pulley, it seems...

And basically in 2024 it was a little big so I don't know how Sears it's saying get a bigger one and half inch wide

I bought this in 2024 and these are the dimensions the manufacturer states I bought the same exact one again in July