Honest Abe
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check that the towing disengagement lever(s) haven't popped out... I doubt this is the problem but worth checking first.
sgkent
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if you lack the funds, at age 80 you need someone who can assist you with things you cannot do yourself. If the kids can't or won't help dad, or there are none, time to start attending the house of worship of your faith and get to know some of the folks who like to help. You can always volunteer babysitting in the nursery, or teaching sunday school to help reciprocate for the help.
SeniorCitizen
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A easy way to remember o's and 0's :I've got my seat covered with a Black garbage bag because our property is so dusty. Keeping the seat clean enough to sit on.So that's why I didn't notice the serial number under there.
Any way.................the SER # is 17AFCACP056. Don't know if that is a 0 or an O.
Cheerios are round and 0's are ellipse .
Continuation: Mower is up and I find the belt is intact but off the right side pully. Getting ready to drop the transmission and have pulled the motor shroud off but can't figure out how to get the plastic cover off the flywheel ????? I need to get a wrench on the top nut to unscrew the nut below the transmission. Someone mentioned there's an online shop manual. I've looked for it but can't seem to find it.
Well, it's a done deal. Finished and just mowed my yard. Don't own an impact wrench, but I was able to get the nut off the bottom of the transmission using a "cheater" on my 8" ratchet wrench. Wasn't a difficult job at all.............just didn't really know what I was doing and really hate "flying blind" like that. Oh well, it's done and all is well.
Oops! Celebrated too quickly, I think. I just mowed for an hour and just as I was finishing up, the belt came off again. That's puzzling !!! Didn't hit a large stick, tree stump or anything like that. It was on very smooth ground when it happened. Any thoughts from the gallery ??? Guess I'll crib it up again and start all over.
Is there some kind of bolt on the Cub Cadet that's supposed to keep the belt from jumping off the drive pully ? I thought I heard reference to something like that on one of the videos I watched trying to figure out how to fix this problem and now I can't find it again. Am I nuts or is there a keeper bolt to keep this from happening ?
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Chris there's a single idler pulley you need to check the next time you're under there. It's the tension pulley for your hydro drive belt. If the bearings get worn out to where that idler pulley is wiggling, it'll continue to throw the belt. I did the same thing, it ended up costing me a cooling fan on one side before I found that idler pulley was shot on mine. Don't forget to check the PTO pigtail for damage while you're under there and make sure it's routed away from all the spinning and moving stuff, a few properly placed zip ties on that pigtail harness will keep your blood pressure in the healthy range. If you see any places on the pigtail that have been rubbing against something, tape it up or replace it. They're around $10.
Thanks, Chris. I "think" the idler pulley was solid, but the next time I'm under there, I'll check it. Haven't cribbed the mower back up yet. I do know that the right side is missing a few fan blades.............and the left side may also.........not sure. Haven't looked at any videos on how to replace those. Don't know just how far into the bowels of this thing I'm willing to go myself. Trying to talk myself OUT of just tossing in the towel and taking it to a repair shop. Afraid I might have to take out a loan at the bank to get it back to where it should be.