Self-Propelled mower - going backwards

jgauthier

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Hello everyone,

I have a John Deere JS35 self propelled mower. Make a long story short: My crankshaft got tweaked, so I replaced it. I've never done anything like that and went into it with the idea that I might fail at it.
I was excited to see that it worked! I was able to mow my lawn after about 4 weeks. However, the mower is now very resistant to going backwards.

I'm not really sure what I might have done wrong. From what I can tell there is just a belt that attaches to a pulley on the crankshaft.

I'm not very mechanical, so I'm not sure what to check or diagnose.

Would appreciate any pointers!
 
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