Hello, I was given this awesome mower last year and it had been amazing until last week when the drive belt broke. It broke into many bits and I'm honestly surprised it lasted as long as it did. Anyway, after cussing for two hours straight I managed to get the new belt on, (Part Number: M77167) and also noticed the little spring by the transmission pulley was disconnected so I put that back on.
When I fired her up I noticed the drive bar didn't require much distance to engage (probably because that spring was disconnected before) so I loosened up tension on the cable. I got about 10 minutes of mowing in and the belt came off. I reset the belt, then put more tension back on the adjuster thing. I was able to get the front yard finished up then moved to the rear and just finished up the perimeter before the belt came off again then I dropped kicked the mower and thought about dumping the rest of my gasoline on it and lighting a match.
At this point I don't really know what to do next. Maybe that spring is the issue? I kept seeing conflicting information on whether the belt was 33" or 34" long, but this is the belt my local dealer said was correct.
Serial number is GX14SBCZ85343
The spring is part #11 in this diagram
Thanks!
When I fired her up I noticed the drive bar didn't require much distance to engage (probably because that spring was disconnected before) so I loosened up tension on the cable. I got about 10 minutes of mowing in and the belt came off. I reset the belt, then put more tension back on the adjuster thing. I was able to get the front yard finished up then moved to the rear and just finished up the perimeter before the belt came off again then I dropped kicked the mower and thought about dumping the rest of my gasoline on it and lighting a match.
At this point I don't really know what to do next. Maybe that spring is the issue? I kept seeing conflicting information on whether the belt was 33" or 34" long, but this is the belt my local dealer said was correct.
Serial number is GX14SBCZ85343
The spring is part #11 in this diagram
Thanks!