I show you how to replace a mower belt spring on my L130 John Deere.
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@travelisme2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. Not till I saw the anchor hole in your video that I couldn't find the anchor hole on my mower deck..
@harrison48032 жыл бұрын
BS, glad I could help!
@jeffandfara5 жыл бұрын
Had the exact same issue. Thanks for the video!
@fantasysportsnow2878 Жыл бұрын
Ha had this issue today. My belt was still alive tho it wad in horrible shape. Found the spring looked just like yours...we will see tomorrow
@harrison4803 Жыл бұрын
Let us know how it goes.
@fantasysportsnow2878 Жыл бұрын
@@harrison4803 Worked! It really was hard to get the broken one out. Had to remove the deck again. It all makes so much sense now though. Next is fixing the steering issues lol
@bobfromoh4 жыл бұрын
The absolute easiest way is just take the belt off one of the pulleys so that you aren't fighting against the belt tensioner. I put the spring on with one bare hand, no pliers. Then after the spring is on, go about putting the belt back on the pulley. Trick to that is just use a 15mm socket and ratchet on the tensioner pulley with one hand, and slip the belt on the other pulley with the other hand. Easy peasey.
@harrison48034 жыл бұрын
Well, Bob, you are a lot stronger than me (at 72), because I just replaced my belt & while putting the mower deck back on & stretching the belt to go around the transmission pulley, I had to have help just to get it on. Now it was cooler out, the belt was new, but it was still a struggle! Thanks, for the tip for those who are strong enough?
@bobfromoh4 жыл бұрын
Hi@@harrison4803thanks again for the video. So first about the spring replacement. You are probably stronger than me if you pull it with pliers at full tension. That's why I said take the belt off one of the pulleys to relieve the tension first. Then you don't have to fight with the spring. I also saw another youtube video where the guy used a dog leash snap to pull the spring; that would be easier than pliers also. I thought that Idea was pretty smart. 2. Regarding belt replacement, I agree that a new belt is much harder to get on; I do struggle a little with that. I've replaced my belt a lot since I mow through tall thick field grass in the Springtime (twice already this year). Yes I'm very hard on belts. Here's my secret: Don't make the transmission pulley the last to put on. You already have the guard off the left blade pulley, so put the belt around all the other pulleys, then after turning the tensioner pulley, put the belt around the left blade pulley. A new belt is still tight and little hard to get on, but much much easier than around the trans pulley. Also, both pulley are right there together so easier to reach.
@harrison48034 жыл бұрын
@@bobfromoh Bob, do you have to remove the pulley to change the trans belt or do you just slip it over it after locking the movable pulleys in place?
@whydoyougottahavthis4 жыл бұрын
@bob first of all fucking thank you, I've had to replace the belt on the L130 about two dozen times in about 18 years, if this thing was a girl you could legally bang her, that's how long I've been doing this, but the mower isn't the problem it's the douche doing it, my dad who doesn't comprehend due to his "set-in-his-ways" as they say, way of doing shit, so it doesn't matter how thick the brush is or how many sticks and such is in it to get in the deck and break the SOB belt off or least throw it off, so I'm stuck doing this again, sometimes multiple fucking times a day, so I'm used to just using all my strength to loop it around the front, but after a decade or two that gets old :( sometimes I need a friend to help if I have to do the tension spring method or have to replace something major on the deck and I swear to God I once figured out how to do this shit easily and it was exactly how you said, put a 15MM on that and pull using the ancient art of leverage and poof it's easy as that, literally I love you for reminding me how to do this, I had forgotten and had done this the hard way for quite awhile
@bobfromoh4 жыл бұрын
@@whydoyougottahavthis you're welcome. Glad I could help.
@simonrose53363 жыл бұрын
Showed me how to remove the spring great thank you
@harrison48033 жыл бұрын
So, glad I could help, Simon!
@ED-es2qv2 жыл бұрын
I had the belt fly off a borrowed L130, and I saw a bed spring (wrong) way across the yard. I was looking for the routing, and now I know that’s the tension spring, and yes it was related to the mower. I thought it was a bed spring, but I thought the odds were it could be related to the belt coming off. Thanks
@harrison48032 жыл бұрын
It's one of those things where I didn't either really pay attention to the spring until it came off! Thanks for commenting, ED!
@nomanjones48035 жыл бұрын
I had to replace mine too, broke in the same place, can't complain its 17 years old with over 800 hours on it. Mine is a LA130 I don't know whats the difference is, good video though.
@harrison48035 жыл бұрын
Norman, hope mine lasts as long? I am still under 400 hours, too! Don't know any difference with the "A", either? Have you had to replace the transmission seal, that can be a big deal and I have a video on what JD wanted to charge me: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o8yXnMt-ssuYYp8.html
@dennisvalverde25375 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. On my LA145 it looks like it would of been easy to replace the belt before I replaced the spring. Hindsight is great!
@harrison48035 жыл бұрын
Dennis, coincidentally my belt lasted about 10 more months before it broke but I didn't think about these springs breaking. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mdqJjaeG25uvhps.html Thanks for watching!
@dansmith89124 жыл бұрын
Think this happen to me today!was mowing,and all of the sudden,the mowing deck started to vibrat very hard!turn the mower off,it stoped vibrating.shut the tractor off and found the same spring on top of the mowing deck!thanks! This will help me!
@harrison48034 жыл бұрын
If you don't remember how it goes on, or have a manual, the cardboard cover on the new belt should have a diagram on how it goes on?
@dansmith89124 жыл бұрын
@@harrison4803 ok thanks.but I think the broken spring came from up under the chassis?
@harrison48034 жыл бұрын
@@dansmith8912 Dan, I got confused thinking that this video was on replacing the belt. With so many JD videos I get confused. The Spring attaches to the pulley.
@tyricewilson90845 жыл бұрын
Thank You Sir. Great Video.
@harrison48035 жыл бұрын
Tyrice, thanks for the kind words!
@HellGatefr25 жыл бұрын
On my LX 172 it was a shorter spring, extremely hard stretch to set it into place.
@harrison48035 жыл бұрын
I assume you got the right length & it wasn't too short? They are meant to be pretty tight, however! Thanks for watching and sharing!
@HellGatefr25 жыл бұрын
@@harrison4803 Oh yes it's part M119576, there must be a secret technique to put it on easily !
@kathleenneustel25455 жыл бұрын
Thank you kind sir.
@harrison48035 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help, Kathleen!
@rhondawright12286 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@harrison48036 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help, Rhonda!
@butchsweeney86744 жыл бұрын
Just buy u one that a company will standby.
@harrison48034 жыл бұрын
Yes, Butch, I got mine from JD!
@TheAgenTWorm4 жыл бұрын
You would have been much better off removing the deck , geese all fittings and spindles and fix the spring .