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Got a 2 yr old S5000 50 inch mower that is currently on the back side of our 5 ac and it won't move. Put the drive belt back on, tension seems good, started it up, no movement forward or backward. Tried to tow it with no luck, wheels are locked up.

What gives?

Manual
homedepot.com/catalog/pdfImages/bb/bbc13e4e-3daf-4646-b084-477f00f0290c.pdf
Pull the hydro release vaulve located behind and below engine to tow. No more than 3 mph.
Page 60 of manual is belt routing.

DesertSailor said:

Got a 2 yr old S5000 50 inch mower that is currently on the back side of our 5 ac and it won't move. Put the drive belt back on, tension seems good, started it up, no movement forward or backward. Tried to tow it with no luck, wheels are locked up.

What gives?

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Does your mower have the electric brake feature as noted in the owners manual? Perhaps it has malfunctioned? Have you checked your bypass levers as well?

tbarnett said:

Does your mower have the electric brake feature as noted in the owners manual? Perhaps it has malfunctioned? Have you checked your bypass levers as well?

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I have checked the bypass levers. I'll check the electric brake tomorrow morning. However, I thought when you moved the operating handles that disengaged the brake.
And thanks for the ideas.

make sure the key is on, and the levers are in operating mode. the electric brakes are a royal pain with a dead battery

BlazNT said:

Manual
homedepot.com/catalog/pdfImages/bb/bbc13e4e-3daf-4646-b084-477f00f0290c.pdf
Pull the hydro release vaulve located behind and below engine to tow. No more than 3 mph.
Page 60 of manual is belt routing.

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Thanks Chuck. This Manual is superior to the owners manual!

ILENGINE said:

make sure the key is on, and the levers are in operating mode. the electric brakes are a royal pain with a dead battery

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Thanks, good thing the battery is still good (13.2VDC).

DesertSailor said:

I have checked the bypass levers. I'll check the electric brake tomorrow morning. However, I thought when you moved the operating handles that disengaged the brake.
And thanks for the ideas.

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I noticed in the owners manual (online Page 36) that the electric brake can be released manually by pushing the brake rod and it resets when started again?

Good luck. . .

The brake box is easy to get to from the left side. Turn the lever on the box. Should turn real easy if not push the mower backwards a inch or two.

Good news...between limbs kicking off the durn drive belt and being a bonehead (forgot the key on thing), I took my 35y/o Yanmar out to the mower, lifted the back end up, reinstalled the belt using Chuck's printed picture and finished the job before the rain arrived!

As is often the case, Operator Error. Thanks to the pros here, I was able to remove my head from original location and logically follow the repair manual. Yea!

Thanks guys :thumbsup:,
Brad