Question - Husqvarna 48" YTH24V48 Mower Deck Clutch

While mowing a few days ago I threw the mower deck drive belt and had a really strange noise coming from the mower deck. Pulled the deck and found the center pully assembly broken off. Replaced it and all three blades, re-installed the deck and when I engage the deck drive I just hear a click but the clutch does not engage. Before I order a replacement clutch assembly I wanted to ask here if there are any other things I should troubleshoot first?

Thanks in advance,
-Jeff

Hello J.,

Go back over your work. Lift the mower with the deck attached and see if the blades are simply pinned against each other or the deck housing. Ask yourself why the center spindle housing/pulley broke. Was their hard impact with an object or a tree root that created the damage?

Auto Doc's said:

Hello J.,

Go back over your work. Lift the mower with the deck attached and see if the blades are simply pinned against each other or the deck housing. Ask yourself why the center spindle housing/pulley broke. Was their hard impact with an object or a tree root that created the damage?

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Yep, the last time I mowed I ran over an area beside our new pole barn that was pretty well overgrown. Unbeknownst to me the builders had left some heavy electrical cable there and I caught it and it wrapped around the spindles. When I had the deck off to get the cable out I didn't notice anything wrong, but to be honest I didn't examine it very close. I'll check the blades later today, but I don't think that is the problem as I worked the belt back and forth before I re-installed the deck. Thanks for the tips and I'll come back and let you know what I find/found later today.

-Jeff

Sorry I didn't get back when promised with an update. With my wife's help setting on the lawn tractor and the drive belt for the mower deck removed, I had her engage the mower deck drive and confirmed the drive was spinning when engaged. I pulled the mower deck again and quickly figured out the new spindle that I had installed was bound up and very difficult to turn. I pulled the pulley on top and quickly figured out that I had put the washer on top of the pulley instead of underneath it. After correcting that problem everything worked as expected. Thanks for the assistance.

-Jeff