I have a 5.5 hp kawasaki on my '94 P21550. i replaced the drive belt with a Stens brand (3/8 x 25 3/4). it was too big so I ordered another belt measuring 3/8 x 25.5. These were both supposedly oem replacements for the part number 1-2353 given in the owner's manual. I don't have a tensioner pulley and I wonder if the second belt will be too big as well. i was watching a video on youtube and the gentlemen was replacing his drive belt on his snapper using a Rotary brand part # 12-11677. This belt measures 3/8 x 24 1/2. He didn't have a tensioner pulley and his belt went on tight. I wish I would have kept the original belt for comparison. Any advice would help.
Snapper P21550 drive belt
- Thread starter atomic67
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Belts are amazing. You can buy 6 of the SAME size from the same manufacturer. None will be the "exact" same size. I know this because our air handlers at work take multiple belts per unit.
I would get the OEM belt.
OR in Kevlar if you can find one. If you have the proper W and L, do a Kevlar belt search. The Kevlar belts last a lot longer.
Lastly take notice of your pulleys. A new belt shouldn't run down INTO the pulley V. Belt should be riding just out of the top of the V. Make sure yours doesn't bottom out either.
slomo
I would get the OEM belt.
OR in Kevlar if you can find one. If you have the proper W and L, do a Kevlar belt search. The Kevlar belts last a lot longer.
Lastly take notice of your pulleys. A new belt shouldn't run down INTO the pulley V. Belt should be riding just out of the top of the V. Make sure yours doesn't bottom out either.
slomo
Is this yours? Rear discharge Snapper? I've never seen one. Sure looks an aweful lot like the much later year Johnny Deere decks.
slomo
no this looks like a newer model than mine. I have a self propelled, steel deck model from the mid 90's with the kawasaki Fc150v engine. But I do like the kawasaki engines and you could find them on older john deere push mowers
my tag on the back of the mower list it as a P21550. technically it is a P21550KW. self propelled 21" 5.5 hp "0" series designation. it is a side discharge mower, but i use the mulch cover.
The idler pulley must have been removed and then a smaller belt was used to compensate. I found a idler assembly on Ebay for about $30 which included the arm, spring, pulley, spacer, etc., but the set up I have worked fine without the idler pulley. I don't think its a safety concern. As for the stretch belt the part number 7046784YP. I had never heard of them until yesterday, but it seems like to have special tools just to stretch them into place.