inthetallgrass
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My wife recently mowed on my wheelhorse 266h when the drive belt jumped the pulley and would no longer turn. Needless to say, the belt burned up as she tried to continue to drive. I bought and replaced the new belt fairly painlessly. Those of you that have done this know what I mean. I thought I had conquered the problem, but now the tractor does not move. The engine starts as it always did, the trans pin on the back is engaged, the brake is released. I did nothing more than swap belts. However, i did notice the new belt sems much looser than the original. No doubt that owould create my problem. I triple checked the routing and everything else ihad done. No fault found. I then wrapped a small length of twine around the o.d. of the installed belt so I wouldn't have to disassemble everything again, and marked the length. Taped it to the o.d. of the old belt and as crude as my method was, it came within 1/8" of each other. Belt is the right length. I love this mower and it is in very good condition otherwise. I'd hate to part with it or have to dump a huge service fee to get it fixed for something seemingly so easy to correct... any ideas? I have tried to adjust the tension but there is not much adjustment available... the pulleys are tight. The spring is connected properly. I just can't figure out why the tension varies as much from one belt to the next when the are the same length. Maybe I'm missing something more obvious. Please help... or at least tell me what the book value is for a disfunctional 266H