Mower deck/belt hook up

[lfisher13]

I just bought a 99 Troy-Bilt Riding Mower. Not 100% sure about the year. It has a 46" mower deck and a 25HP engine. Pedal driven. The PTO belt popped off while I was mowing. I would like to put it back on but I have no idea where this one pulley goes. It is hooked to the underside of the mower body (not attached to the mower deck) and has a spring on it. This spring needs to hook somewhere and I have tried everything and everywhere. The pulley is a tensioner type of pulley I believe. Does anybody know where that spring/pulley gets hooked up. The mower deck itself has a lower set of pulleys and a belt, and an upper set of pulleys and belt. I believe the lower belt is called the deck belt and the upper one is the PTO belt. I am dealing with the PTO belt. It hooks to the PTO pulley and then goes to this tensioner pulley with the spring and then to the upper deck pulleys. I just cannot figure out how this tensioner pulley with the spring gets hooked up. Any help would be greatly appreciated it. A video or diagram or just an explanation.

Thank you,
Lance

 

[BlazNT]

Ok here it goes again. We need model number to help.

 

[Carscw]

I just bought a 99 Troy-Bilt Riding Mower. Not 100% sure about the year. It has a 46" mower deck and a 25HP engine. Pedal driven. The PTO belt popped off while I was mowing. I would like to put it back on but I have no idea where this one pulley goes. It is hooked to the underside of the mower body (not attached to the mower deck) and has a spring on it. This spring needs to hook somewhere and I have tried everything and everywhere. The pulley is a tensioner type of pulley I believe. Does anybody know where that spring/pulley gets hooked up. The mower deck itself has a lower set of pulleys and a belt, and an upper set of pulleys and belt. I believe the lower belt is called the deck belt and the upper one is the PTO belt. I am dealing with the PTO belt. It hooks to the PTO pulley and then goes to this tensioner pulley with the spring and then to the upper deck pulleys. I just cannot figure out how this tensioner pulley with the spring gets hooked up. Any help would be greatly appreciated it. A video or diagram or just an explanation. Thank you, Lance

This is how I do it.

Put the belt on as you think it should go.

The back of the belt. The flat side rides on the flat idler pulleys
Grab the spring and stretch it and you will find where it goes.

 

[Carscw]

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