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Made sense to me; I've order a replacement, thanks!

I'm starting to tear my GT5000 (917.275972) down to replace a broken ground drive belt and had a question about one of the pulleys underneath. The transaxle pulley and the two pulleys on the right side of the frame in front of it seem fine, spinning freely, but the pulley closest to the PTO...

Appreciate the info! I'll have to look into it and add it to my list for what needs to be done (was down to replacing the brake, solenoid, and blades). Had another issue crop up today, though. Seemed to be losing some speed and uphill power during the last half of my cut, then when I pulled...

So, I had it slip again on a mostly level area today, and I think I found this issue. Seems like it will actually engage drive if the shifter lever isn't all the way over like it usually should be. Apparently its grabbing enough and then slipping free if I don't get it all the way over. There...

I'll give it a once over. Thanks for the suggestion!

Are you talking about the high/low range lever?

Model 917.275972 So, I'd just replaced the ground drive belt last week (with the one from Sears, confirmed part numbers were right), no issues cutting last week. Got about 3/4 of the way through the cut this week, and as I started up a hill that I've been up hundreds of times, I get about...