Old GTS5 blade won't engage.

[crazy charlie]

You can call it a clutch, but if you look closely you will see that it nothing more than a CV drive where the more tension you put on the handle, the faster the unit will drive and the blade will engage with very little tension on the handle. Take a look at the manual I posted earlier to see how this works. If it seems to be going slower, the most common cause would be a worn belt or bad idler pulley.

Gonna check that thanks!!

 

[crazy charlie]

Update.....Have not had the time to take bottom cover off yet but gave the bolts another coat of seafoam and sprayed it around other moving parts.Started the mower and tried to engage the blade.The blade did not turn but the mower shut off and when I tried restarting ,it felt like something was slowing down the pull so I am assuming the belt broke and is jamming something up since I was not able to restart .This motor ALWAYS starts 1st pull.

 

[crazy charlie]

Update #2 ,only had a few minutes yesterday so I pulled spark plug wire and gave a turn on all bolts and all turned with medium effort so looks like it will come apart easily.Charlie

 

[Honest Abe]

is this posting going to turn into a Taylor Sheridan multi-year series.... yikesss