broken pulley

[strkumpire]

i have a craftsman ride on. do i need to take the deck off to repair a broken pulley.
i was cutting the grass and it starting smoking like a smoke stack. the belt is
mostl likly no good either.

Help

 

[ILENGINE]

may not be necessary, but may be easier to replace depending on which belt, and which pulley, and can vary by what mower, and deck.

 

[reynoldston]

Never tried it with the deck on. I don't know why it couldn't done with the deck on but as I see it the job would be so much easier and faster by removing the deck. Not that bad of a job to remove the deck. Also by removing the deck you can check all the other pulleys and gives you a good opportunity to give it a good cleaning and repaint it if need be.

 

[Carscw]

I would remove the deck. Only takes a couple mins.