Hi. I have a yard machines 16.5 horse variable speed mower that wont go any higher than 1st or second speed. When Clutch is depressed put in any speed higher than, say, 2nd gear, front belt is bottomed out on the variable speed gear, so the mechanism holding the variable speed pully cant go back any further, and the spring that is attached to the gear linkage basically is loose. I don't see anything interfering with the variable speed pully mechanism. I have driven it a bit and pulled back on the clutch a bit in higher speed gear and the speed goes up a notch, so it seems like the mechanism holding the variable speed pulley mechanism needs to go further back. None of the springs are bottomed out. Attached are some pics of the shift mechanism locked in place and loose when the mechanism holding the variable speed pulley cannot go back any further. Some have said that I need pull the variable speed pulley sliding mechanism to see if it is seized, I don't know if a sliding mechanism will allow the thing to go back further if it is free
Thanks
Kremhaus
Thanks
Kremhaus