Bentoolong
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I have an early 2000' Yardman 604. I just got this to work on a month ago. The drive belts were not long for the world but they did work.
I just purchased and install MTD branded 754-0467 and 8 from Rotary.
Put them on this morning.
I have gone over the routing. All belts seem that they are routed correctly all pulleys are free as well as the vari-drive. The center of the varidrive is free to move.
I do not have the deck on so I need to play with the deck engagement lever a little to get the machine started. Once I get it running I can leave the lever alone. I can't imagine that I. need to have the deck on to get the mower to move. I recall driving it without the deck before the new belts.
If I put it in forward and push the pedal it starts to move and then the engine quits. In reverse It almost quits as soon as I put it in R.
I haven't done any other adjustments other than tighten the brake adjustment a little. That seems to work better.
No rolls in the belts. There is a little slack in the belt when the pedal is depressed. Press the pedal and the drive belt tightens nicely. The adjustment on the little bracket seems to be good. 1 3/8" of movement before some engagement.
What am I missing?
Mark
I have an early 2000' Yardman 604. I just got this to work on a month ago. The drive belts were not long for the world but they did work.
I just purchased and install MTD branded 754-0467 and 8 from Rotary.
Put them on this morning.
I have gone over the routing. All belts seem that they are routed correctly all pulleys are free as well as the vari-drive. The center of the varidrive is free to move.
I do not have the deck on so I need to play with the deck engagement lever a little to get the machine started. Once I get it running I can leave the lever alone. I can't imagine that I. need to have the deck on to get the mower to move. I recall driving it without the deck before the new belts.
If I put it in forward and push the pedal it starts to move and then the engine quits. In reverse It almost quits as soon as I put it in R.
I haven't done any other adjustments other than tighten the brake adjustment a little. That seems to work better.
No rolls in the belts. There is a little slack in the belt when the pedal is depressed. Press the pedal and the drive belt tightens nicely. The adjustment on the little bracket seems to be good. 1 3/8" of movement before some engagement.
What am I missing?
Mark