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Update: I replaced the belt and that seems to have fixed my problem with losing the belt when I disengage the PTO. To get the belt on between the idler pulleys and belt guard, I bent the one guard outward that's pulley doesn't pivet, then loosened the other pulley so I could get the belt...

Update: I put the tensioner pulley in the correct hole making the belt tension tighter, along with a new quality belt. That seems to have fixed my problem with losing the belt when I disengage the PTO. I do idle the motor down before disengaging the PTO. I'm sure I'll forget one of these times...

The belt guards are items 15 & 58 in the drawing above.

Latest update: I got the new plate, but still had a little wobble, so I put a flat washer in where the plate pivots to take up the slack. I replaced the nut that holds that assy together with a lock nut tightened just enough to get the wobble out of the plate and still pivot freely. When the...