great video-- I followed some other video and got the part from Amazon, but the belt was too tight to go on both pulleys - this video clearly explained how you can do it... thanks

Excellent video: thorough, comprehensive and detailed right down to the wrenches and sizes required for each step.

just replaced the belt on my Toro Personal Pace lawn mower with the help of this video, lawn mower is back up and running again..thank you for the very helpful video!!

Thanks for listing the belt number. Was having a heck of a time finding a good number for it

Great video especially the video quality and narration for the belt replacement including repositioning the guard. I have some tips here 1) unplug the spark plug wire whenever working the blade 2) use a vice grip to clamp the fuel line when tipping 3) adjusting the rear wheels temporarily will provide socket access to the screws behind the rear wheels for the guard 4) although not the video purpose, sharpen the blade on a grinder while it is off. Lastly, nice of you to be a good neighbor.

Thanks for the video. Yours is more helpful that the one by Toro! This is the exact configuration for my mower. I guess I am lucky that my belt had lasted 10 years. I'll throw in a couple tips. First, if you are having problems removing the side srcews for the baffle, move the rear wheel beyond the highest setting and the wheel will be out of the way. Then it's not much trouble to remove screws from both sides and get the whole baffle out of the way. My owners manual recomends tightening the blade bolt to 60 ft-lbs. This is where a 6-12 inch piece of 2x4 is very useful for holding the blade from turning while tightening/torquing as shown in the owners manual.

Thanks for the great video. Very informative and loved the trick of loosening the rear guard to turn the transmission for access to the cover versus the hassle of removing/disassembling the wheels. Big time saver.

Same model as I have and I was looking for info on this, thanks so much for the video.

Thanks for saving me a ton of time today! My belt was in good shape but somehow came off the wheel by the gear box. I honestly don't know how it worked itself off. I'm thinking a stick wedged in there just right. Long story short I disassembled just like you did and put the belt back on and reassembled. It works good again and the belt tension seems good to me! Just in case I noted the belt part number. Thanks again!!

This video saved me today. The belt broke half way through my cut and I didn't know what was going on. It was smoking and not propelling. Fortunately, my local hardware store had the right belt and I got it fixed in time to finish the cut. Thanks so much!

I was able to correct the problems my self-propel system was having from watching this video .Thanks for guiding me through.

Thank You! Very helpful. Don't Forget to remove the spark plug wire before starting this repair!

Thanks, Kevin. Excellent tutorial. I have had many problems with Toro lawn equipment. They have been suffering from poor engineering.

I'm not a mechanic but thanks to you I was able to fix my Toro Personal Pace on my own! Much appreciated!!!

My recycler was new in 2008 and to this day it starts every time on the 1st pull. Great mower/engine.

Killer instructions - this was a massive help! Made this job a snap-thank you very much for taking the time to show this!!

You are my hero for this damn video lol. Made my life easier, which is the best thing in the world.

Thanks, very helpful when I thought I broke my Dad's mower. Didn't need to replace the drive belt, it was just jammed with a stick, but your video really helped access the problem area.

Thank you . I just learned what I was not doing to get the belt straight . I needed to move that guard . 👍

I didn't reed to replace the belt. Good thing, my undercarriage had the belt hood on it which it looks like you'd already removed for this video. So my fix was simply to go and loosen the transmission cable locking nut, push the transmission cable toward the engine, as you showed early-on in this video, then lock that nut back down again. I replaced the blade in the same session. It's like a whole new mower now.

Thanks for the video! These lawnmower videos have really helped. Some of your up close shots are great. The belt isn’t my problem, but still helpful. My personal pace quit working, too. Looks like that black bracket on the gear box that the spring on the end of the cable is attached to isn’t attached anymore. Looks like the bracket is the only thing moving when I move the handle, not good. Going to have to find another video to see how the bracket attaches to the trans and why mine isn’t attached anymore. Thanks, again!

Bro! This REALLY helped me change my drive belt. A million thanks for posting this. I really appreciate it!!

Ok, here is some critical information, for those of us, with an electric/pull start system, and the black battery box on the deck of the mower. Ok, YES, there is a bolt underneath the box. But, it is towards the back of the mower, and you will see a slightly raised section of the box, that does not touch the deck, but sit's above it, about 1/4-3/8". The bolt you have to access is, literally in that notch, towards the backside of the black box/mower. And, I have found, that the box is riveted to the deck. So, for full access, you will have to rip the box off of the top of the deck, revealing 2 of the 3 bolts, as the 2nd bolt is, along the left side of the black battery box, just underneath the side front corner. But, if you are able to remove all of the plastic covers off of the back, including the flapper, for the bag. As, the top of the flapper for the bag hatch, is literally what has you blinded from seeing the bolt in the first place, besides the battery box itself. And, since I can't start it with the key anymore(Long story short, the cable harness was ripped out of the key starter switch, and ruined it), so it's pretty useless to me, at the moment. So, I decided to just rip the black box itself off. Which, made it much more simpler to access all 3 bolt's, for the plastic belt guard underneath. Also, it is a good idea to take a plastic bag(Walmart bags will do fine), and use it underneath the gas cap, by taking the cap off, then draping the bag(Double layer, by using whole bag) over the open hole, then screw the cap back on, and you now have a sealed gas cap, from leaking...

This was exactly what I needed, thanks. The belt had gotten stuck between the pulley and housing on the back end. It was still in good shape, so it didn't need replacing. I was running over a lot of sticks when it happened, so I must have gotten a twig in there that spun it off or something.

Thank you for this great video! It 100% help me replace the belt and figure out why the wheels were returning. All the best and thanks again

Thanks for the video. I think watching it kept me from taking some things apart I didn't need to!

Great video I replaced my belt a few times and this is the best video...THANK YOU!!

thank you for the helpful video - saved me from going to the mower repair

Thanks so much for this video! and a second thanks for including the wrench sizes! Mower is running like new thanks to you. Much appreciated!

Going to use this tomorrow. Real pain in the neck without power wheels. Thanks

Thx .. I have that exact problem .. now I can try my mower

Great informative video. I am confident I can do this myself now. Thanks for sharing.

Great video very helpful. If it wasn’t for your help I wouldn’t have just mowed my lawn after a week and a half! Thanks

Great video! Thank you so much for putting the belt part number in the description!

Thank you! Storage over the Winter must have loosen the nut on the cable. I had the handle and with a few spins I was back in business.

Thanks man. Great video and saved me some money. My belt fell off but it is a little loose so may need to replace in near future but this was very helpful. Thanks again!!

That was very helpful. Have new belt and new blade going on my 4 yr old Toro PP Lawnmower. Am sure I could have figured it out, but like the way you didn't have to take rear wheels off.. Probably not a bad idea anyway to grease those gears up. Now, if you can figure out how to keep from wearing out a $60 grass catcher, that would be nice. They last about 2 years for me.

Excellent instrucional video ! Thank you Ted Jasiewicz

This was a very helpful video I did a little motion sickness from the Camera moving around a bunch. It could’ve been me though with the lawnmower cocked on an angle and some gas dripping out I might’ve gotten a little dizzy from that haha

Very helpful used as a guide today and my mowers back working perfectly thanks!!

Glad I went for the FWD version of this machine,seen a lot of videos of the RWD with a ton of different problems and they usually require more work and more parts.

What Robert Blake said. If you have a lot of junk( sticks, rocks, etc.) sooner or later something gets between belt & pulley. Takes less than 1/2 hour to put on new belt with this video.And that’s the first time !

Word of advice, to not have to fight with that spacer, just use a bit of grease on the backside, that is closest to the blade, as it act's as a suction cup, to hold it in place. While, not making it a permanent fix to the bottom of the cylinder it sit's in...

Man this was a ton of help 💯😁

I don’t own this exact model, but someone stole the design from someone. I have the Briggs and Stratton version of this design. Thanks for the video.

Excellent video, thank you so much for the break down.

Hey, everybody, here's a hint. Rake and pick up sticks that fall out of trees. They seem to cut or mulch easily, but a chunk the size of a short pencil can ruin a belt if it gets stuck in the pulley.

Thanks for this very helpful video.

Great video. First safety step not mentioned:Step #1... remove spark plug wire anytime working around mower blade.

Great video. Of all the wrenches I have, not one 3/8, had to use my long needle nose. Works great now.

Great job on that. Thanks a lot. Will see what else you did on the 20332. Hoping you changed plugs, air filter, and any thing else needed when mower is hard as heck to start. I have my second one of these mowers and they are terrific. But, get hard as heck to start even on warm day.

I turn wheel height adjustment to access the shield bolts

Nice video Kevin. It can be a challenge to do things one handed and film. Keep up the good work!

Be sure to check your model # . This belt is for 2009 and up. Just drove myself crazy for 2hours wondering what's going on bc I needed a bigger 91-2258 belt is about 2" bigger

Nice job! Those newer style gearboxes are much easier to change belts on than the old aluminum ones. Weird that it chewed the belt up so soon.

Excellent video

Great video. Thanks

I have a 28 year old Lawnboy Gold series made by Toro where the entire belt is on the top of the deck . The belt and the 3 speed transmission have never failed in all that time and I cut a 1/4 acre once a week. Why can't they make them like that anymore? Planed obsolescence ? Except for cleaning and greasing the small drive gears so they will slip when going backwards and replacing the wheels when they wore out and split the drive train has been trouble free. What recently failed the blower housing from metal fatigue where it bolted to the engine from so many pull starts and I replaced the pull cord itself once.

Thank You! Very helpful.

TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!! Thank u real good😊

The repair description is great. There is a repaired model. Broken rear pivot arm nut hole. How can I fix it? No matter how much I search on the internet, I can't find the part. please. (model 20340 (7.25/163cc)

Looks like someone was in there before. There are heat stains from welding, on the blade adaptor.

Just as I was finishing my front yard the mower self propel stopped and there was like a screaming when I would try to engage it, I'm thinking something's going on with the belt. Hate to tear it apart but looks like I got to. I'm hoping your video helps. thanks Kevin

Thanks for the video. I have a personal pace from 2015 and the belt just now needs changing. But...there is no way that can be the correct blade for that mower. It should fit the entire width of the holding carrier that it sets in. That blade looks to narrow.

Thanks for the help brother! Same issue that happened to mine

Hey You Can Move The Rear Wheels Up And Down To Get To The "Bolts"

Thank you, thank you, thank you 🙏🏽

Wish I saw how you got the spring out.

My mower is 11 yrs older but built the same way

Very good video. Thank you.

Thanks to your video I was able to change the belt on my Toro 20332 Self Propelled mower. Now, the back wheels run by themselves and much too fast. I tried adjusting the wire on the side handle both ways and the mower still wants to run by itself. What am I missing? Is it possible I stretched the cable when I struggled to put the spring back on? What would cause the wheels to run by themselves?

PERFECT !!!! thank you so much !!!

We have an older Torrell probably 15 years old. It’s a little over engineered. Had to takeoff nine different pieces including the wheels to get the belt off. It’s a monster

Thanks. I was wondering about greasing the rear drive system. Any pointers? I’m getting some grinding when I try to go up big hills. Both drive wheels have good gears, so I’m thinking it’s a dry ratcheting mechanism somewhere.

9:58 move the wheel all the way up or down I forget which way, you can get easy access to that screw

Very helpful

Thanks for this video!

Is there a way to adjust the belt. I bought a new one because the existing one was lose, installed the new one but still seems lose to me

My belt keeps coming off on the drive cable end of my 20332. I’ve tried two new different belts. The last one I tried was toro original. Any tips on how to fix this?

Awsome tutorial thank you

I got mine on without taking anything apart on the drive side. Kind of a bear to get it around the pulley but it is possible.

nice job!

I did most of the same, only I tried to remove the belt guard. Snapped both bolt heads right off. Didn't know that didn't have to be removed. Bummer.

Video was excellent!! Thank you. By any chance do you know the Belt Length. I put a 3L350 on my mower and it's way too big.

Looks easy, thanks much!

Thanks for the video, I found it after I had already replaced my slipped and chewed up belt. I replaced belt with identical OEM belt and it lasted about a month and new belt slipped off again, what should I be adjusting to increase tension of the new new belt before I replace it again?

How do you check transmission on self propelled mowers

Nicely done

Thank you

I have the same lawnmower I replaced both the steel gear and the plastic gear on the back wheels and it still grinding when I pul backwardsl what could be my problem

That's exactly what happens to mine quite frequently! I always thought Toro was a good brand but now I wonder! The repair shop charges me over $60 to pick it up and replace the belt it. Gonna look for something else. Any suggestions please?

Great video....is it worth replacing the spring ??

I took an allen wrench and ground it square to get the transmission screws off that cover. Great idea Toro for using square headed screws LOL.

To remove the bolts holding the clippings chute just rotate the wheels to a different position as though you are changing cutting height for each bolt and you can take the bolts out with conventional socket and ratchet wrench. I removed the clippings chute completely, not sure about just bending it back out the way. I'm concerned it might crack or tear or somehow be distorted. Worked OK in this video to bend it back. But, you never know. Not that much harder to just remove it completely.

Super helpful! Thank you! 🙂

I have the same mower, Same thing happened to my belt in the first year. I replaced the belt like you did. 2nd year the cable broke. I replaced that. Now it won't move forward again. Belt is in tact. The tires and gear all look fine. The wheels won't spin at all. This model is trash, they should do a recall on it. We had a different mower that lasted 15yrs before the gears on the wheels went bad and it needed replacing.

Brilliant. This is even easier than it was trying to get the local Ace to fix it. I haven't used My mower more than 5 or 6 times and already have to change the belt. Is there a TRICK to keeping it from happening so quick next time?

I have a question on the belt cover. I was cleaning the bottom of my mower and I noticed there was alot of grass clumps underneath the cover and the pulley so I took the cover off and got all the grass out but now I can't get the cover back on. I'm having a hard time lining the holes up with the screws

I can get the blade bolt off, but that plate underneath it is stuck on. I've beat the heck out of it underneath with a hammer and have trying prying it. Tried wd40 and PB Blaster.

5:53 why they used square screws are beyond me. They will be stripped by 2-3rd belt change. I've only changed my belt once on my 2010 toro recyler 20332