Cub Cadet Ltx 1050‎ kw reattaching deck

[Retired23]

Having a devil of a time replacing my deck after replacing PTO belt.
Use to e able to do it but I have a mental block
Every where I look it is different. Need pictures of my deck to show how it should look when putting it together.
Have a CubCadet LTX 1050KW 2011.

My wife want me to hire someone to do the lawn. NO WAY.

 

[cpurvis]

If my wife said that, I'd be ecstatic.

 

[bertsmobile1]

Slip some long 2x4's under the mower then slide the deck along them .
lower the lift arms down
They should go in the U shaped brackets
pull the spring loaded pin back and then engage it in the hole in the lift pin
One side has a slot the lift arm runs in & the other side just goes loose inside the U
The fit the front draw bar in & fit the clip in the hole.
Raise the deck fully and slide out the 2x4's

 

[Retired23]

Your directions are great for my mower. My problem is, I can't attach the belt. If I do it first, I can't pull the deck back to hook the j hooks. When I hook up the deck first, I can't remount the belt to the mower. Any other ideas?

 

[bertsmobile1]

I have a lot of aged widows in my repair run and for them I modify the tension arm
Either I weld a bolt on it so they can put a long spannar on the arm to stretch the spring far enough to get enough slack to replace the belt.
Cut height set at 1/2 way has the pulleys level so you need the least amount of stretch.

If the bolt that holds the tensioning pulley on is long enough you can put a jamb nut on it and slip a long wrench on that to get enough leverage to stretch the spring.

Other than that you can hook a ratchet tie down on the tension arm nd use that to stretch the spring enough to slip the belt back on.