Recent content by broderp

Anyone else fighting with bad bearing in thier deck pulleys? As I stated before, my YT4500 is only about 54 hours old. I have had to replace an Idler pulley that seized up on my under warranty. Checking the deck today (due to throwing the belt issues) I find that ALL my pulley's are in need...

My mower (Craftsman YT4500) has 6 height adjustment positions. When I got it, the mower deck would touch the floor on setting #2. The highest it would go was setting #4. So why have setting 5 to 6 or 1 to 2? :confused: What I did was to set the height lever to 6 (highest). I then hung my...

I have a 2 year old (just out of warranty..:mad:) Craftsman YT4500. The 54" deck has started to throw the belt and will not keep it on for more than 30 seconds at a time. I route the belt properly, making sure the V-Belt rides the pulley's properly. It throws the belt so violently that it...