Recent content by Pumpguy

Agree completely. Experience is the best teacher, so I'll just have to wait and see what happens.

Thank you for your reply. You say "some drive belts can be plain covered poly belts" and I have to believe that's what I originally got and have now. I can say with absolute certainty that the OEM belts on this tractor, the ones that came new on it and the upper drive belt the dealer...

Thanks. When the belt breaks again, I think I will try this Kevlar version.

Okay, thanks for the clarification.

Thank you both so much for your replies. I really appreciate your expertise. This is much more info than I had before. Right now the only thing that's putting me off is getting the deck off, but thats only because I've never had to do that before. Wait..... by deck do you mean the mower...

Thanks for your reply. I am a professional mechanic and experienced machinist. My thing is industrial pumps, and also as a hobby off road and dual sport motorcycles, but not riding mowers. I have all sorts of service manuals for these, and once I see the recommended way to deal with a problem...

I have a 2 year old Cub Cadet XT2LX42 riding mower Model 13AJA1CSO10 with just 37 hours on it and broke the upper drive belt. I will start by commenting that I really like the features of this mower. It drives like it has power steering, has a very tight turning circle for mowing around trees...