In real time, I just realized I have the same condition on the opposite side. I have no idea how I did not see missing hardware. Thank you so much! I was buying belts every other mow. Driving me crazy!

You should do more videos. Especially if T and C get a house you do a lot of work in one day. Never too many “common sense” help vids. This “common sense” stuff is rocket science to most of us.

Thanks buddy. You should definitely do more videos. I like the way you explain things, made it real easy

After watching this, I will change out my broken fan. Thanks .👍

My wife had a towel that wrapped up around the fan and broke it, Thanks for the vid man!

Hey man super helpful video. Really appreciate you taking the time to post it. Just saved me a TON of time!!!

Thanks!! Sitting in my yard trying to find an answer to the exact problem. Thanks for giving this info to the KZfaqs

Thanks Chad! My Raptor has EXACTLY the same issues right down to the broken frame part. Maybe I can weld the piece back on. Now off to do some brain surgery.

Thanks for a great video, and also confirming my suspicion of the problem.

Thanks for the info Chad, I'll watch for the things you mentioned when I am out looking at ones to buy, cheers :)

Glad you did it because it’s pretty common and I don’t have the equipment to make videos but I see every year now

Thanks! Helped me a lot!! Thank you for being so direct and to the point!!

Thank you this just helped me out! My belt came off 3x yesterday and then found this! :)

To get the pulley off use a 3/4 wrench and a 15/16 to hold the shaft.

Thanks! One thing i think that led to my fan hitting my belt was that my transmission (hydro) support bolts were slowly loosening. Either way have to change the fan now.

Thanks Chad. My machine has exactly the same problem. The Raptor has been a piece of $hit machine from the get-go. Brand new machine stopped working two minutes after it arrived, and went back into the shop for a week. Has never mulched properly despite the expensive extra mulching blades. The fans are a design problem. My chassis is also broken in exactly the same place, so I guess that's not an uncommon problem either.

Brackets break,,very common. .. Fan blades distored ,,kick belt off,,edge of pulley cuts belt. Too thin bracket metal.Will fail again if not repaired properly. Look for paint cracking at 90 degree areas, flexing,,fixing to fail,,fan blades hit edges,,tear up.

The fans aren’t the cause for the belt problem it’s the brackets that hold the hydro pumps to the frame they are too thin and break causing the rear end to pull the belts out of alignment on uneven ground and they fly off. Been through that a few times before I beefed up the brackets then no more problems. They make an upgrade kit with thicker brackets but it’s alot cheaper to plate them yourself.

You can order just the fan...it is a hydro gear 7" 10 blade fan. I have the raptor SD 60" deck and the part number is 53994 (hydro gear part#). I think it is the same for all versions of the Raptors. The broken frame part can be ordered or is carried by your local Hustler dealer. It is less than 10$.

I took a hot knife (putty knife heated with a torch) and trimmed about 1/2" off each blade. No more issues, been running with the trimmed blades for a couple of years.

Thanks for making this video kind sir it helps a lot..

Thanks

Thanks for the video I found just the fan for like 6 bucks OEM

thanks.. will probably be doing this, this weeks.

Broken bracket would of been the first issue followed by the pulley. I've learnt all this first hand after having a hustler 6 months ago. Very annoying design with the weak brackets. Finally getting fixed under warranty on Monday

We have the same problem with the fan on top. Thanks for your video I subscribed

Thanks for sharing.............

Yep, this has just happened to mine about 3 days ago, though my fan was damaged by a stick popping up and getting into the fan.

Great video - love you tube as well - proud viewers put wrench sizes in comments - also like to see if have a link to purchase - thanks for advice on taking fendor off - assume you took the other side off as well?

Good video. Did you ever get the replacement cross piece that is twice as thick as yours?

I know this is an old vid, but the broken frame caused your issue. There is tons of posts about it on the web. They do sell a kit to strengthen the frame and motor brackets. No video showing the procedure.

Good info! Thank you!

I’ve literally had to replace every bracket underneath my hd60 as well as the crossmember. Kawasaki engine is great but crazy how much they skimped on the quality of the brackets and hardware. Will it buy another hustler as it’s literally falling apart with less than 200 hours on it.

Have the same mower with the same problem, thank you for posting this. Did you have any trouble getting the nut off the top of the pulley? Having a heck of a time trying to loosen it.

I've been attending KZfaq University for quite a while myself sir

How much does the drive pump pulley fan cost?

There bracelets are AllWAYS broken or cracked

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They are to close to the muffler