I just used your instructional video to change the drive belt on my own L118. Your instructions are spot on and super easy to follow. No doubt you saved me a couple hundred bucks or more. Thank you.

Needed to figure out how to change my deck belt for the 1st time. The no nonsense approach was appreciated!

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Glad you're back brother, you've been missed but I'm sure your daughter is very happy dad took time off to help her out. That's way more important than KZfaq any day. ❤ Very nice video, detailed and to the point. 👍🏼

First time mower owner. That was incredibly helpful. I'm feeling a lot better about replacing the belt drive on my John Deere now. Thank you!

Holy Crap...out of retirement. Good to see ya buddy.

Good to see you again

It is so good to see you back on the big screen brother! I am glad that you are doing well Sir! Keep up the great work brother!

Excellent video, thanks for taking the time to make it.

9/19/22.Yes, 2day watched you replace mower belts & sealed spindle bearings on JD-L100. Another very helpful video. Also shared 2 earlier videos of yours: 1st on **Never (ever) Jump**/power-pack boost (!) a dead battery causing computer'chip' burnout ($100) of little black box.. EMU(?) which causes a 'no-start' after 'new battery replacement' condition ! Wow..that was very helpful! 2nd was yur vid on fixing hood crack using that 2-probe electric heat/melting tool & 'wiggle' staple insert. As always, you clean & paint 🎨 JD colors when finished so owners/customers have their mowers 'glowing-in-the-dark' when you are done! Very nice videos 📹 👍. Thx again for making these very helpful & beautifully photographed/illuminated/edited fix'er-uper videos. Stay safe & give us YT viewers more! 👍👍👍⚙🛠👏

Well doggy ( Jed Clampet ) look what the cat drug in 😆we're glad yer back 👍Thats some fast mowing there bud 😁 You always make it look so easy !!!

Man it's so good to see you again my friend. I am glad you are ok and you got your daughters house fixed. And you come back strong with another great video. Looking forward to many more in the future.

Best video for changing a belt on these mowers. Efficient and proficient.

EXCELLENT SHOW! I am about to buy a S10 used and found this video will be so helpful to me im sure. I have been working and repairing small engine items mowers,weed whackers..and such..and now moving on up to the tractors. Love this stuff. I generally just dive right in and learn as you go..but its always great to have a clip like yours to fall back on if things seem confusing.Very well shown and right to the point. Subscribed!

Another great video son. Very too the point n informative no bull. I love how well you explain and so easy to rerun if you missed anything. Keep up the good work people need ya

Glad to see you back, I was hoping it wasn’t something serious. Good vid.

Thanks. While I don’t have that model (I have a D130), I did pick up some tips. Thx again.

First time watching your video, very detailed in every step, thank you!

Great job! Thank you for the no nonsense tutorial. Too many clowns making it about them, you’re a true professional!

Very good job of explaining each part of the procedure including the video production. Thanks

Glad to see you posting again

That was a really well-made instructional video. One of the better how to vids you can find. Very nice job Baldeagle! Give yourself a pat on the back for me.

Thanks mate, that is exactly what I needed to see. I am just about to do this myself

Very informative. Used video to help replace drive belt on my son's L110.Only deviation was the front pulley, fortunate enough to have good impact wrench which took off bolt no problem. Thanks.

Great to see you back on the Channel Steve, thanks for another very informative video. Looking forward to your next upload. My daughter and her husband have also just bought a Townhouse, it's Dad's 'job' to make sure all is ok ! 😁 stay safe and well. 🙂🚜🐻 Bear Queensland Oztralia

This was just what we needed. You are a wonderful instructor. Thank you.

Phenomenally comprehensive tutorial! Great content! Magnets work well to hold the deck braces together after de-pinning them from the deck. As for the main drive belt, setting the Park brake adds significant slack to that belt thus eliminating the need to block its tension mechanism with your rubber mallet. Why Deere chose to create galvanic corrosion via dissimilar metals in their spindle assemblies is just beyond stupid. Aluminum cast spindle held with four steel bolts that all sheared off due to the corrosion. Steel bearings pressed into the aluminum spindle again creating galvanic corrosion. It's as if the whole spindle assembly is designed to fail as a unit.

Happy your back Dads are Dads

Great viewing... lots of good info thanks a bunch

Best John Deere belt videos I’ve seen

I have to do this job tomorrow, this video really helped

First-time watcher but I am impressed with your thorough description of this job. I have an X300 JD and would like to see your work on that model sometime.

Thank you. Very good video, great camera angles, great information, saved us some money.

Excellent detail…thank you!

Thanks so much man! This was exactly what I needed about 2.5 hours later mower is good to go!

I usually drill and tap for zerts plus remove inside brg covers if it’s a heavy used mower for business purposes

Excellent video Baldeagle! Rather than tip the JD L110 tractor over, I worked under the tractor which was on ramps. Quite a pain, but I go it done thanks to you!

i got john deere l118 my neighbor got him a new john deere so he just giv me the l118 for free

Super helpful video!! Thanks for sharing.

Awesome video! Clear concise and simple instruction. Beautiful, well lit and focused camera work. Keep up the good work. God bless. AAA+

Absolutely terrific vid ... clear, concise, spot on ... THANKS!

Is there a difference between aftermarket and OEM bearings because I always use aftermarket. I'm just curious if there's actually different. I don't know enough about them

Great job

Smooth as butter.

Excellent video. Thank you!

I would pull the inside plastic cover off both bearings so you can grease them with the spindle grease fitting

This is a good video! Thank you!

This is soooo cool!

as always another very informative video thankyou BILL

Thanks for the video.

I just drilled it and tap it installed zert and remove inside covers Dry brging go out Grease them twice during mowing season

Good video instructions °

Very good video.👍👍

You rock!!!! Thank you!

If you set the parking brake you don have to wedge the pulleys for drive belt the brake will do it for you.

great vidieo ,very helpful

Thanks!

Nice! Thank you

How to tighten up the belt on a 48 in deck

The drive belt is the belt responsible for rotating the rear wheel? we’re not talking about the deck belt to cut the grass, right?

Great video. Only question is, how did you ensure the steering was aligned? Was that an issue?

Brother- I have been a subscriber for a long time, your content is excellent. But you scare the holy hell out of me when I’m watching you grab potentially sharp blades without wearing a good quality pair of leather palm gloves, using impacts without eye pro etc. Now you have been doing this for a long time and have scars on your knuckles like most of us wrench turners do, gloves just don’t fit in confined areas, we get it. Through experience, we learn tricks of the trade and we all take shortcuts. I’m guilty has charged sir, and I have the scar on my inner thigh when a seven inch angle grinder with a concrete cutting blade got away from me when it slipped from my ungloved wet hands, walked back and bit me on the inner thigh while I was wearing shorts cutting the small concrete curb installing a French drain. I was wearing eye pro and respirator though… 😂. For the benefit of your viewers who haven’t worked on equipment or have a lot of experience using power tools, I suggest that regardless of your skill level, everyone should always wear the proper protective equipment for the job you are doing… again I watch all of your content, I ain’t hatin, I’m just saying… keep up the good videos!!!

Helpful video! By the way….I have a similar mower deck, not the same, 42” deck on L100 / Scott’s L1742. Belt is too loose. No way to make it tighter. The sliding bracket for the engagement spring is already slid all the way. I drilled an additional hole farther away on the bell crank / pulley bracket for the engagement spring, hoping it would pull farther, if the cable was stretched. No good, belt is still too loose. Is it possible that someone put a pulley on the deck, that is too small? I’m using the John Deere belt that is called-out. I even had to take the deck out of adjustment, to push it farther away from the crank pulley. What on earth is wrong with this turd?

The small tension pulley on my deck will not budge, I have pried and hit it with a hammer but it won't move up so I can't put the belt on. Any suggestions?

What would happen if the spring for the PTO came from the top down? Instead of bottom up?

You made it look eas

Hey Baldeagle! I just finished taking my deck off L111, painted, new Gator blades and when running it now I think the blades are hitting something (or each other) but it only seems to happen with the deck up above 2 1/2. Any idea what I’m missing here? Thanks!

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