In the video at 8:27 where I use the blower is VERY important, this will also cause the clutch / brake to not fully engage the drive belt due to the grass and dirt build up.

Great work buddy I surely like how you do not beat around the bush with a lot of blah.blah.blah. Straight to the solution!!! Kool stuff

Really needed to see the proper belt routing through the pulleys

This man is a pro. Just 30 minutes of digging out caked on dirt at the braking mechanisms, as shown, fixed the problem my good buddy had been struggling with.

👍👍👍Thanks. The dealerships in my local area automatically charge a cleaning fee. The machine is power washed and cleaned before servicing.

That was the easiest belt change method I’ve ever seen. Thank you for that. This is doable with my chain fall.

Well filmed T-Bone. It’s nice to see when someone knows what they are doing. Most mower repairers on KZfaq here in the UK make it up as they go along and it shows. Keep it up fella. 🔧👍🇬🇧

Shucks I thought you were going to say that you just drive down hill all the time. I'll you that lift makes thing soooo much easier. Thanks for the routing and camera work on the belt replacement. Great job. Thanks for the videos.

Thank you very much for this video. It helped me as I've never worked on one of these before.

That Forward/Reverse control is so much better than the pedals. Thank whiners for the pedals. Great belt guard on that model. Great hoist too.

I have a Murry, you can change the belt without taking the steering shaft out, but frankly, it's just as easy to pull the shaft to change the ground drive belt.

My son in law just fixed the almost same model mower for me. He found it on Facebook for free. It does just about the same thing so I’m going to see if it’s this problem and just needs to be cleaned out. Maybe my son in law missed that. Crossing my fingers.

Great video! I went and bought a Big Red chain hoist for $50, ordered a replacement belt for $18, and installed it this afternoon. Much better than crawling under a dirty old mower to struggle with the belt replacement. Saved a ton of money doing the repair myself (with your guidance) AND walked away with a new tool. Blew the mower out with my compressor. Only problem now is when I take my foot off the brake, the darn thing wheelies! Raced it up a couple of hills and it's like the mower has been reborn. THANK YOU!

Nice job T-Bone, that mower could do with some love and care

Sure wish I had that lift you got 🙏

Nice video t-bone , never thought of the grass buildup there , good information on what to look for

Thank you I'll try this today.......

Nice work T-Bone and you're not kidding about getting Never Seize on you, happens every time no matter how careful. Hey Mrs T-Bone 👋🙂

Another great video Mr. T Bone, detailed, informative and educational.

No lie about the anti seize. No matter how careful I am with that stuff. I still end up looking like the Tin man. 😄

Got that right young man 👍😎 must keep that area clean so it will definitely drive forward with out slippery motion in forward motion

Great video T-bone. I've found a few with "bad transmission" that turned out to be this same simple problem. 👍

Another GREAT 👍 VIDEO

Permatex anti seize........get one drop on you at work and 3 days and 150miles later, at home., you are spreading it around your house..... The gift that keeps on giving........

Raley i love your video im in a shop this what i do taryl had one off you videos on fb

And I just thought my ass was too heavy.. lol. Thanks so much, I'll try this tomorrow, if it doesn't work, I'll try a diet instead😅

This is a wheelie good video!

Great video as always T-Bone! Keep up the awesome work brother!

I had the same problem with the used Craftman I purchased. First the drive belt measured 7/16" width instead of the 1/2" specified. It still was not quite right so I looked around and found some trash packed in under the clutch peddle linkage that kept the drive belt from fully engaging. A second problem I had was the blade belt. I measured it too and it was 7/16" wide not the 1/2" specified. New belt improved it, but not totally. It is partly the design of this section. The belt as it is pulled by the engine goes around a stationary idler and then on the pully for the left of othe operator the belt is engaging half of the circumference of the blade pulley. The belt is engaging about 1/3 the circumference of the blade pully to the driver's right. There is a spring loaded pully to tighten the belt as it comes from the engine. If you are multching as I do 99% of the time it is easy to go too fast causing the right hafe of the deck to leave a lot of trash. I see two factors here at work. One is that the left blade is shuving a fair about of clipping to the left blade. Two is that the belt is not getting enough traction on the pulley. I have noticed that if you listen and your ground speed is too fast that you will notice a bell sound from time to time. If it sounds like you are grinding up twigs, you are really going too fast!

Mine started clicking going downhill and then it was like in neutral and i couldnt stop it,just hung on for the ride and that was on a mountain road,no brakes no gear but on flat ground works great

Mind the door T-Bone! Mrs T will have to repaint that if you scuff it, man o man! you blocked that camera real good 🤣🤣. Way too easy Sir, we need to challenge you with a real big boy problem soon 🤣🤣

Love your info you are a great teacher wondering how I could get a couple of your stickers

Look at the grit fall when you applied that anti-sneeze. Top of the deck was filthy. I would of checked the spindles while you were there.

IDENTICAL. 😂MY COUSIN VINNY

T-Bone, have a question. I have a 2017 Gravely ZT HD 60 with 249 hrs on. I recently installed a new drive belt 1/2 x 73 inch. The belt went on very tight and still is. Question, it seems to lose power going up hill. Hydraulic fluid it good, I don't know. Any ideas?

I have one with this same issue. Cleaned out all the dirt, but the belt is still loose, is there a clutch adjustment at all? Thanks!

I could smell that airborne crud from here. I can’t understand why folks allow that stuff to build up. Fire hazard.

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Some people aren't in the mood for jokes today

Can you tell me or show me where the ideler spring hooks to the frame. Mine broke bough anew one but I can't figure out where it hooks to the frame and how do you stretch the spring to hook it to the frame. I have craftsman yt4000. Thank you .Lonnie

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Ok that good tell people that why you need t0 clean your mower every time you use it and grease the thing clean air cleaner element

"Identical". Was that a shout out to My Cousin Vinny😀?

If you have an old 1975 model Wheelhorse C-100, show me why the drive/clutch is slipping please.

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Don't blow the deck off before you put it back together

Made by MTD to the craftsman brand Specs I have a 2021 T240 the first run of the turn tight series Tractors its built like a little tank it's built to last the engine is a kohler 7000 22 horsepower 725cc V twin engine came with a 3 year unlimited hours warranty and it's designed after the Kohler command commercial Pro Engine..dry weight of the Tractor is 630 pounds cast iron front Axl..tuff torque k46 transmission serviceable steel gears...MTD builds them but to the craftsman brand Specs.. MTD also builds Cub Cadet same thing built to cub cadet brand Specs..

I made my rider start pulling good by squirting gas on the spinning belts. I have to do that every time I cut grass now. Never put belt dressing on your riding mower belts. Makes them slip. It's like coating them with oil.

Wonder if everything that person owns is that dirty lol

You know anything kubota ZG20 not getting fire

Why didn't you blow all that grass and dirt off the mower before you put the belts on

The old craftsman were superior

I did mean huskavarna

Identical, my cousin vinny?

new craftsmans are made by husky they bought the rights to the name!

I've noticed, you are not much into cleaning anything. Why work in all that grit and mess? At least garden hose it off prior to fixing. Leaf blower......