I have a 3.5 HSP MTD/Yard Machine Edger that i have had for approx. 15+ years, this year i noticed that the belt was getting a little loose, so i bought a new one and installed it, during the second time edging my yard i noticed that the belt was fraying a little and i noticed that the belt had turned itself upside down, so i took it off and trim the frays then went back to edging, then the belt flipped upside down again and really went to fraying apart. So i thought i must have bought a bad belt and went to purchase another one, mind you that the original belt was 15+ years no problems, the new belt cost $24 and lasted 2 weeks, the second belt did the exact same thing that the other belt did, so it lasted 2 weeks and another $24, so now i am stumped and $50 later with no belt. Please help....any ideas??? before i go buy another $24 belt, if i keep this up i could have bought another entire edger for what i have spent on belts alone.
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Repairs MTD / Yard Machine Edger 3.5 HSP Keeps destroying belts
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I have a 3.5 HSP MTD/Yard Machine Edger that i have had for approx. 15+ years, this year i noticed that the belt was getting a little loose, so i bought a new one and installed it, during the second time edging my yard i noticed that the belt was fraying a little and i noticed that the belt had turned itself upside down, so i took it off and trim the frays then went back to edging, then the belt flipped upside down again and really went to fraying apart. So i thought i must have bought a bad belt and went to purchase another one, mind you that the original belt was 15+ years no problems, the new belt cost $24 and lasted 2 weeks, the second belt did the exact same thing that the other belt did, so it lasted 2 weeks and another $24, so now i am stumped and $50 later with no belt. Please help....any ideas??? before i go buy another $24 belt, if i keep this up i could have bought another entire edger for what i have spent on belts alone.
The most logical explanation is that the new belt is the wrong one...possibly too thick.
$24 is too much for a belt. what is the size?
You might try a Kevlar belt.
yep, thats the same thing the guy at Stewart Brothers just told me, he sold me a belt for $7, and told me that $24 was way to expensive, i said yep my luck thats what i get for going to a small eng. shop,,,,btw the small engine shop that was over charging me and giving me the wrong size belt that i will never use again is Bartlett Small Engine in Bartlett TN
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yep, thats the same thing the guy at Stewart Brothers just told me, he sold me a belt for $7, and told me that $24 was way to expensive, i said yep my luck thats what i get for going to a small eng. shop,,,,btw the small engine shop that was over charging me and giving me the wrong size belt that i will never use again is Bartlett Small Engine in Bartlett TN
OK. I will never darken the doors of that shop either. They are dead to me.
I hope your new belt works. Were the others too thick? Too long? Too short?