Recent content by DGillen

This is the 3rd or 4th season I've had it.

There's definitely an issue with that when disengaged in my opinion. The belt doesn't stay in contact with the tension/idler pulley. It jumps off when engaging the drive so that's the area I'm focusing on.

My seat has dry rotted and is crumbling apart. If anyone has a good used one I'd certainly be interested in it. The steering wheel center blew off of it going down the road. I suspect someone had fiddled with it. Need one of those if you have one.

David from Valley, Alabama. Bought by second Cub Cadet lawn tractor, XT1 46" about 3 years ago after getting 8 years out of a 1045LT. The deck rusted out around the idler pulley swing arm mount which seemed like a great excuse to buy a new one. Traded it with a guy for a 55" 3D flat screen TV so...

I've seen this asked about but this has become beyond frustrating. The belt will not stay on and it's been being an issue since I bought it new. I put a new belt on last year and it still started jumping off again after just a couple of uses. That can't be normal. I had figured out that if I...