Unfortunately, I have taken the belt off and put it back on more times than I can count. I have checked, double checked, triple checked the placement. I climbed under the mower, not running of course, and pushed the pedal down to watch the action. The swivel pulley moves freely just as it should, the belt is in the proper locations on the pulleys, but the belt does not get tight even when the pedal is pushed all of the way down. A shorter belt would work, however, the belt that I took off WORKED! The ONLY thing that MAY be different, but it is contrary to rational thinking.....
On the variable pulley at the transmission, I have the lower belt in the lower groove and the upper belt in the upper groove... seems logical and the pictures in the manual show it this way.... but I could be WAY off. You would think that if both belts were in the same groove that they would rub each other and fray, but I'm no lawn mower engineer, just an occasional operator...
On the variable pulley at the transmission, I have the lower belt in the lower groove and the upper belt in the upper groove... seems logical and the pictures in the manual show it this way.... but I could be WAY off. You would think that if both belts were in the same groove that they would rub each other and fray, but I'm no lawn mower engineer, just an occasional operator...
