Hey Gang -
I have a Craftsman rider 22 hp/Kohler, model 917.273080 & my (ground) drive belt
broke - somewhat shredded actually. Replaced it, worked fine for a few hours
& the new one shredded.
Would you believe that there doesn't appear to be a belt schematic ANYWHERE to
double check the configuration & path of the belt? Nowhere to be found.
I just wanted to double check the layout before I smoked another belt because
the last time I just followed the basic path of the existing belt which was still
somewhat intact. Same thing with this one, but getting the new belt on -
following the old path - just doesn't really seem right (not to mention, for some
reason this time it almost
feels like I'm going to have disassembling pulleys to get the new belt on).
It's almost like one of the major bracketed pulley is bent or angled wrong.
Something is wrong. It has been a great riding mower, but maybe it's time.
Anybody have any idea if a schematic actually exists?
Thanks much