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UPDATE: DO NOT use 1/2" V-belts which claim replace 7043844YP, they are too narrow and bottom in the main pulleys - they screech when you engage. I bot the OE Snapper belt ($30 ouch) and it works perfectly with better engagement than the V-belt (probably 5/8") which finally broke. (The belt that broke was probably a 5/8" but not sure since .57" wide. it was a V-belt but the
Need Replacement BELT WIDTH Advice: Series 15 33" deck w/dual idler pulley system (non-adjustable):
Broken belt appeared to be a 5/8" wide 74" conventional V-belt. Manual says 7043844YP Briggs # but no specs on width other than 74" length. It may be a 6-sided belt.
Hardware and auto parts industrial/fraction belts available in 74 x 1/2" and all cross into the YP #.
The 1/2" belt sits in the BOTTOM of the DEEP motor and spindle pulleys and screeches/slips as the blade comes up to speed.
With blade engaged, engine off, if I attempt to turn the blade, it slips on the engine pulley.
FEAR: afraid the actual YP belt will be 1/2'" and do the same thing
OPINION: use the 74 x 5/8 hardware/auto parts belt.
Need Replacement BELT WIDTH Advice: Series 15 33" deck w/dual idler pulley system (non-adjustable):
Broken belt appeared to be a 5/8" wide 74" conventional V-belt. Manual says 7043844YP Briggs # but no specs on width other than 74" length. It may be a 6-sided belt.
Hardware and auto parts industrial/fraction belts available in 74 x 1/2" and all cross into the YP #.
The 1/2" belt sits in the BOTTOM of the DEEP motor and spindle pulleys and screeches/slips as the blade comes up to speed.
With blade engaged, engine off, if I attempt to turn the blade, it slips on the engine pulley.
FEAR: afraid the actual YP belt will be 1/2'" and do the same thing
OPINION: use the 74 x 5/8 hardware/auto parts belt.
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