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main one u need is the one on the engage pulley, it connects to pull plate and the center of the mower deck in the hole in deck. the one foe breaks go to brake bar and belt guid bolt in most cases
remove the deck from the mower, take off the blade, take off the deck drive belt, take out the bolts which hold the mandrel to the deck. put new mandrel in, reverse the whole order. do yourself a favor and take lots of before pictures so you do not have to ask how to put the belts back on. mandrels can be obtained at small engine and mower repair shops. you may just want to replace all of them while you have it apart as they are all the same age and wear.
Check for foreign objects caught under the deck, as well as for a bent blade. If that's not the problem, look at the mower deck belt - is it burnt or worn in a spot? Take it off, and see if you can turn the blade spindles and idler pulley freely. If they scrape badly or are frozen in place, that's the problem.
get down and gun your fingers in the slot that the belt rides in, soulds like you may have a small rock or piece of wood lodged in the v part of one of the pulleys. I bet thats it Jim
It sounds to me that you need a new mower deck drive belt, or your blades need sharpening. If the blade edges are rounded, they won't cut butter... Also, when mower is off, check mower deck drive pulleys to make sure you don't have any that are locked up or are dragging. You can check this by pulling the belt away from pulley and spinning the pulley by hand. MOWER MUST BE OFF before attempting any of these checks. You would be surprised how many people would try this with the mower running. Hope this helps
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