TroyBilt Pony 13WN77KS011 Questions

[handygeek]

Moderators: You may choose to move my other model-related posts here - I don't think I can do that.

Meanwhile ...

Should the belt pictured be on the pulley wheel - under that metal hook?

And, is the yellow connector pictured the one that prevents mowing when in reverse?

Thanks!

 

[ILENGINE]

Yes to both your questions

 

[handygeek]

Cool ... thanks!

 

[handygeek]

Guessing ... I traced the clutch pedal on the left across the right then back to the brake area.

I pulled on it but it's connected to a spring so I'm not sure that that accomplished.

Questions:

1. How might I directly manipulate the brake disk?

2. Put a dowel in there and tap it lightly with a hammer?

3. I can see the brake disc - if I sprayed some Blaster brand "Garage Door Lube" or some
DuPont "Performance Teflon/Moly" spray in the area might that help - or create new
problems?

EDIT: I just re-read the other thread and see that my Question #3 was already answered by bertsmobile1.
"Some times you need to pull them all apart to get the crud out and apply a very small amount of a dry lubricant ( I use Tri-Flo )"
I don't know what TriFlo is but will try a dry lubricant I have on hand and see if I can get some mowing done today while the dun still shines.

 

[bertsmobile1]

Tri-Flow is a dry tefflon lubricant I get from push bike shops.
It is used to lubricate the gearchange cables on pushbikes and is the best cable lubricant I have ever found.
I came across it from a fiend who used to be a micro film technician and this is what he used to lubricate automatic micro filming machines.

Dear as poison but unbeatable as a dry lubricant.

And that belt in the photo should be running inside the keeper but I will assume you knew that already.

 

[handygeek]

The Teflon/Moly Dupont spray seems to have solved the brake problem.

Put the belt back under the keeper and got a section out front mowed.

Then went out back and started and the belt popped off again - worse than before.

Since the tractor had just run over a fire ant hill I popped it into neutral and got out of Dodge!

I need to get it up on my open-frame trailer & see if it's easier to work on there.

Otherwise the shop is only a few miles from here Monday morning.

I've mowed lots of tall grass/weeds before and not had this problem - is this thing with the
belt telling me they are getting old or things need to be re-tensioned or ??

Thanks - David