Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild
Question as far a deck idler springs go. My Bob-Cat has been a great machine except that it tends to throw the deck belt upon engagement of the PTO is you have the RPMs a bit too low. It's a pretty light spring compared to those on my other machines. I finally decided to take a good look at it and noticed that the spaces between the coils are crooked in 2 places, one on each end of the spring. It's as if it had gotten over extended and bent/tweated at some point, maybe while I was hastily trying to put the belt back on in the field?
So the question is does a spring sitting under tension with uneven angles of the spaces between them mean the spring is damaged, likely has less tension as a result and could be my problem? I think I know the answer...already ordered a new spring.
