J.D. E120 Snowblower attachment works very poorly

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davis2 said:
It's a shame that you have to double check, but it's the reality .
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John Deere prints their part number onto the belts to eliminate confusion. You simply check if the number on the belt matches the part number sticker on the cardboard holder. You don't have to measure the belt. This thread is a mess of clickbait posts, exhausting and confusing with all the talk of aftermarket and shorter belts and adding brackets. I'll get some hate for that comment, but after reading all this, I'd want to throw the thing off a cliff out of sheer frustration. Haha. If the OEM belt isn't working, there is a reason, and your local dealership is your best resource for a machine that new. If there is a known issue, Deere has a whole department called CCMS (used to be DTAC) that the dealer can use to contact Deere engineers to figure out the problem. I'd search the database myself, but I don't work at the dealership anymore, but I can affirm that M158130 fits both serial ranges of snowblowers for the E120 tractor.
 
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WDF1988 said:
John Deere prints their part number onto the belts to eliminate confusion. You simply check if the number on the belt matches the part number sticker on the cardboard holder. You don't have to measure the belt. This thread is a mess of clickbait posts, exhausting and confusing with all the talk of aftermarket and shorter belts and adding brackets. I'll get some hate for that comment, but after reading all this, I'd want to throw the thing off a cliff out of sheer frustration. Haha. If the OEM belt isn't working, there is a reason, and your local dealership is your best resource for a machine that new. If there is a known issue, Deere has a whole department called CCMS (used to be DTAC) that the dealer can use to contact Deere engineers to figure out the problem. I'd search the database myself, but I don't work at the dealership anymore, but I can affirm that M158130 fits both serial ranges of snowblowers for the E120 tractor.
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If the person installing the belt knows the information, that's one way to know if it is the proper belt. But if you don't know, you're as helpless as OP. There are pranksters everywhere...
 
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WDF1988 said:
John Deere prints their part number onto the belts to eliminate confusion. You simply check if the number on the belt matches the part number sticker on the cardboard holder. You don't have to measure the belt. This thread is a mess of clickbait posts, exhausting and confusing with all the talk of aftermarket and shorter belts and adding brackets. I'll get some hate for that comment, but after reading all this, I'd want to throw the thing off a cliff out of sheer frustration. Haha. If the OEM belt isn't working, there is a reason, and your local dealership is your best resource for a machine that new. If there is a known issue, Deere has a whole department called CCMS (used to be DTAC) that the dealer can use to contact Deere engineers to figure out the problem. I'd search the database myself, but I don't work at the dealership anymore, but I can affirm that M158130 fits both serial ranges of snowblowers for the E120 tractor.
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At this point, maybe your best bet is to take it to the dealer and have them check out snowblower and install the correct belt.
I would not say people trying to help original poster is “clickbait.”
Some people are very independent and like to try to do things themselves first, like installing a belt, before going through the effort of bringing in equipment to the dealer.
 
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WDF1988 said:
John Deere prints their part number onto the belts to eliminate confusion. You simply check if the number on the belt matches the part number sticker on the cardboard holder. You don't have to measure the belt. This thread is a mess of clickbait posts, exhausting and confusing with all the talk of aftermarket and shorter belts and adding brackets. I'll get some hate for that comment, but after reading all this, I'd want to throw the thing off a cliff out of sheer frustration. Haha. If the OEM belt isn't working, there is a reason, and your local dealership is your best resource for a machine that new. If there is a known issue, Deere has a whole department called CCMS (used to be DTAC) that the dealer can use to contact Deere engineers to figure out the problem. I'd search the database myself, but I don't work at the dealership anymore, but I can affirm that M158130 fits both serial ranges of snowblowers for the E120 tractor.
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I hate say this but even with the PN imprinted on the belts doesn't mean the belt is the correct length. I went that just recently where two belts I had gotten from JD dealership locally were over 2" short. I had to carry my tool in and verify the replacements were correct. The first two they brought out were also short but third and fourth ones were correct.
 
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More than once I’ve gotten JD belts which were not the same length as what they have listed for that belt number. I have gotten to the point where all belts are measured before installation. I’m wondering if the OP has the tensioner pulley is positioned on the wrong side of the belt. This can easily happen if he has a separate tensioner bracket.
 
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Rivets said:
More than once I’ve gotten JD belts which were not the same length as what they have listed for that belt number. I have gotten to the point where all belts are measured before installation. I’m wondering if the OP has the tensioner pulley is positioned on the wrong side of the belt. This can easily happen if he has a separate tensioner bracket.
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Inexperience sometimes leads me to take longer to finish the job, but I also learn. That is a major reason for visiting and participating here. I'm sure others do too. I wish some people would try to show patience with some of us guys that have experiences in other areas... Rant over, and Merry Christmas 🎄 to all posters!
 
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Rivets said:
More than once I’ve gotten JD belts which were not the same length as what they have listed for that belt number. I have gotten to the point where all belts are measured before installation. I’m wondering if the OP has the tensioner pulley is positioned on the wrong side of the belt. This can easily happen if he has a separate tensioner bracket.
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And JD will sell aftermarket belt from A&I ie Sunbelt Outdoors. I was a dealer for Sunbelt and then change to A&I toward the end before I quit them about every belt I got from was short. 1/2 belt were usually a inch short and the 5/8 belt were at least 2 inches short. Since most my purchases from A&I were belts I had to finally just give up on being a dealer for them.

They are also the reason I had to buy the belt measuring tool. And as you I now measure all belts before installation as it has saved me a lot of wasted time. Sometime it saves me some headaches when I am having a machine in the shop with belt problems as I find the wrong lengths installed.

We should be able to trust our vendors that they are selling us the right product but this is not always the case.
 
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