Smoking clutch

PeterJones

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Hi,

I have a Scag Cheetah and the PTO belt snapped yesterday and I replaced it with an after market spare I had. I started mowing again but after 20 minutes I noticed white smoke coming from under the engine. I stopped mowing and checked the belt - it was not hot or damaged and I could manually turn the blades using the belt. Started mowing today with the same result and this time I'm pretty sure the smoke is coming from the pully beneath the engine. A couple of questions:

1) Could not using a Scag OEM belt be the problem?

2) Does it sound like a clutch problem?

3) If a clutch is it likely the belt replacement is a simple coincedence or could the new belt be the cause of the problem? BTW the new belt seems to fit as well as the original Scag belt.

Cheers, Peter
 
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