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Back on modifications - was a Kansas banker in the '70s who raced SCCA - his mechanic modified his mower so that it would literally hit 50mph. Unfortunately he didn't mention it to the banker - first time he tried to mow the lawn, the banker took out his wife's rose bushes.

No offense meant to anyone but saying " 3 blades X long means a cutting width of 3X" is not accurate when the blades are offset like in a mower deck. That said, using a Deere Z535M I have tried multiple blade brands, mowed at less than walking speed, mow only dry grass, checked blade-to-blade...

Sounds like the bearing in your idler pulley may have gone away.

Ironically just watched a video on doing it on a John Deere, don't know how similar it may be. He backed the mower on ramps, set the brake, threaded the belt up through the center, looped it over the engine output shaft at the back (but not on the actual pulley). Then he worked the belt over...

Coincidentally I always get a strip of poorly cut grass at about the right side of the left blade/center blade overlap. John Deere 62" deck. Blades factory new measure 20 9/16" long. I replaced my blades, then looked at the upper side of the deck and the idler pulley was tilted! The lower...

Had the identical problem, removed deck and that second belt and worked the variable pulley up and down till it smoothed out, have not had the problem since.

The Pony may have the variable-pulley drive, and if so, sometimes the pulley sticks. Take off the deck and drive belt, then look up at the next belt - there are two pulleys. The rear one is supposed to vary in depth according to the gear you select, and if it is stuck the belt will just spin...