I have a Craftsman LT 2000 riding mower fairly new and the blades are getting where they won't turn when i engage the lever to turn them on. sometimes if I hit a bump of such the blades will come on and work until I turn them off then they won't come on the next time I want them to start.
Sounds like the cable may be binding up. or there is an obstruction under it. take it off clean it good and spray some lubricant on all the moving parts. that usually gets the moving again.
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Hi Jeff, If you look at the deck, one or more of those pulleys is a tensioner, It pushes against the belt to tighten it, The rest of the pulleys can be identified by the fact that they only have a bolt through the middle, whereas the tensioner is mounted on an adjustable arm with a slot to allow adjustment. It should also be the only one that the belt doesn't go around the pully it just pushes on one side.If the tensioner arm is all the way to the end of the slot, the belt is streched and will need replaced but sounds like it may have come loose. Some of these decks also have a spring on the tensioner arm and those come off from a stick or other debris. Check it out and if you have a problem let me know and I will try to come up with a diagram. If your mower is that new there should be a belt diagram on the deck. i will need a model number of the deck or mower for that. Good luck!
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maybe the safty switch under seat might be starting to go out if that switch doesn't work the blades wont come on at all for safety
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With blades on and engine off reach under and wiggle each blade up and down. If you have excess play you will need bearings.
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Sounds like the shear bolt is broken, Do you have and owners manual to show you the location of shear bolt? They are easily replaced.
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as far as i know, there is no diagram available for the cable replacement. it is covered briefly in the owner's manual, but the best way to do it is to study carefully how the old one is routed, and replace a step at a time
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