Help With MTD Deck Belt

akurtz8

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I have a 1999 MTD Yard Machine that keeps burning up my deck belt. I've been through 2 belts already and I have no idea whats causing it. Please help
 
Possible causes could be the belt is rubbing a belt guide, or a idler pulley that is seized up. Where the belt is rubbed are clues to what is causing the problem. A belt guide that is rubbing can also cut a belt in two .
 
The pto engages when the deck is lowered. Could it be the bottom pulley underneath the engine the deck belt is on that could be sieized?
 
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