Greetings,
I recently obtained a GT5000 rider that runs great. However I got it with a belt missing thinking it will be easy like my other rider. a Craftsman LT1000. That has ONE belt and easily replaced with the deck still attached.
But last night I was going over the GT5000 and this one seems to be considerably more involved. The GT5000 has TWO belts, plastic covers over the bottom pulleys, an electric clutch, and very little clearance under the rider to service it even with the deck all the way down. The broken belt appears to be the top belt which goes to the front pulley with the other underneath it around the blade pulleys.
I have these questions please:
Do I have to remove the deck to replace the top belt ?
Is the top belt to drive the blades or something else ?
What is an electric clutch and do I have to do anything with that ?
Thanks for any help from you great advisors in this excellent forum which had saved me thousands in repair costs.
I recently obtained a GT5000 rider that runs great. However I got it with a belt missing thinking it will be easy like my other rider. a Craftsman LT1000. That has ONE belt and easily replaced with the deck still attached.
But last night I was going over the GT5000 and this one seems to be considerably more involved. The GT5000 has TWO belts, plastic covers over the bottom pulleys, an electric clutch, and very little clearance under the rider to service it even with the deck all the way down. The broken belt appears to be the top belt which goes to the front pulley with the other underneath it around the blade pulleys.
I have these questions please:
Do I have to remove the deck to replace the top belt ?
Is the top belt to drive the blades or something else ?
What is an electric clutch and do I have to do anything with that ?
Thanks for any help from you great advisors in this excellent forum which had saved me thousands in repair costs.