Recent content by laird

Thanks guys. Adjusted the fixed pulley as suggested, added a spring and went out and cut some grass.

Thankyou to everyone who posted or thought about posting. I will see what happens when I adjust things. And to Rivets: An opinion is never wrong....others may disagree but an opinion is never wrong.

this a photo of the deck and the way the belt is routed

I have had the mower for about a week. It was a freebie. There was no belt for the deck as it was sitting beside the machine when I picked it up. The pulleys look not to bad, could do with a little cleanup. The idlers look to be original. The right pulley does swing and the left is fixed. I...

Could have I guess. It says it is a 42 in and all the mounts are correct. Something I should have mentioned but just thought of , it came with a bagger. I have never had a machine with a bagger before so never thought that it might change the equation.

Housings are good. I have had the deck off the machine and replaced the bearings. When I said the belt falls off the engine pulley, the machine isn't running. I can take the slack off the left pully a double loop of at least 3 inches to get it to a point where if I were to engage the drive...

Just put in Bolens st-160 service manual in google and several places come up.

Check that tomorrow and let you know. Thanks

I checked that manual before I tried this site. Yes that is the way it is routed. If I had any hair left I would pull it out. This thing is really starting to pi## me off. I do appreciate any and all suggestions. Even the ones that say to burn it. And I might.

Goodday to all. New to the site so I hope someone can give some help. I have a Craftsman 944.601171 17.5 hp, 42 in deck. Anything I can find for the deck belt calls for belt pt# 144959 which is 95.5x 1/2. I have checked the routing 50 times if I did it once, this according to the diagram on the...