Transmission slipping

[6 Mowe Man]

Hustler Raptor SD60.
Drive belt failed and I put it in drive with levers and towed it about 75 feet behind car and wheels were turning(I was tired and forgot to release transmissions).
I eventually changed drive belt and tested drive function in air on jack stands(it passed).
I set it down and turned in all directions eventually with no trouble.After moving about 50 feet I lost left side drive and it became intermitent in response.
Belt tension looks fine.
Did I damage transmission?

 

[6 Mowe Man]

Hustler Raptor SD60.
Drive belt failed and I put it in drive with levers and towed it about 75 feet behind car and wheels were turning(I was tired and forgot to release transmissions).
I eventually changed drive belt and tested drive function in air on jack stands(it passed).
I set it down and turned in all directions eventually with no trouble.After moving about 50 feet I lost left side drive and it became intermitent in response.
Belt tension looks fine.
Did I damage transmission?

Any qualified advice appreciated.
Thanks!

 

[6 Mowe Man]

Any qualified advice appreciated.
Thanks!

Researched site....reverse operation is bad for transmission....
Thanks!!

 

[Tiger Small Engine]

Hustler Raptor SD60.
Drive belt failed and I put it in drive with levers and towed it about 75 feet behind car and wheels were turning(I was tired and forgot to release transmissions).
I eventually changed drive belt and tested drive function in air on jack stands(it passed).
I set it down and turned in all directions eventually with no trouble.After moving about 50 feet I lost left side drive and it became intermitent in response.
Belt tension looks fine.
Did I damage transmission?

Potentially yes you damaged the transaxle. Always put hydro pump or hydro transaxle in bypass to push or tow.

 

[6 Mowe Man]

Thanks.
Tired decisions are costly.

 

[6 Mowe Man]

Right side transaxle unchanged and why is that?

 

[bertsmobile1]

raise the wheel off the ground
The run the engine at the lowest speed it will run smoothly
Work the control arm 20 to 50 times slowly in both directions
You should see the wheel eventually start to pick up speed then it will be impossible to stop it with your foot
You have now purged the air from the system
Go mow

 

[StarTech]

Also make the drive belt idler arm is freely moving as to take tension as it needs to. A slipping belt can mimick a bad hydro.

But I would say there a good chance that hydro is damage as it was ran dry on oil on wheel motor side.

 

[kbowley]

Costly mistake...should have left the handle out and dragged it. Better yet, pull the two releases on the hydro's and go very slowly. Probably a 3400 series hydro gear...ouch