Thank you very much for posting this video. My 1 year old TimeMaster produced some smoke while cutting overgrown grass - and then the blade stopped rotating. When I called one of the local Toro dealer, I was told there is a 2 and half week wait and belts are not covered under the 3 year warranty. So I started looking for a way to fix it myself, found your video, and all it needed was tension adjustment. You saved me a lot of time and grief.

Thank you friend. I have a mountain of mowing here in my place in Tasmania . You put me back to work as I had same problem - Steve in Tassie

I have the same mower and it was bogging down with any cutting. After adjusting the tensioner it works great! Thanks for your video.

Thank you so much for this video. It save me a lot of time and money. All I had to do was loosen up that bolt pull the cable snug and retighten it and now the blade turns without lag. Thanks again. Great videos by the way I am learning a lot from them

I’m going to have to do this to mineI just bought it last week and already have used it 3 times. I consider it a normal break in for cables to loosen up after the first few uses. Once you make the adjustment a time or two, you should hopefully not had to do it again for a while. These are excellent mowers. .. Same thing happened with my Honda HRR216. I needed to adjust the drive cable for the transmission not long after I bought it.

I had the exact same problem. Kind of dissapointing, but easy enough to adjust. thanks for the tip !!

Great video. Right to the point. I need to change the timing belt. Needed to see the belt pattern. Thank you.

THANK YOU! I was scratching my head, trying to adjust the bolt in the front near the belt. APPRECIATED!

Thanks so much for the video fix. Exactly the problem I had, just two weeks longer to happen than yours. Wouldn’t handle barely tall grass and blades would stop. So I did what you said and presto back to good. Thanks so much, I’ve got many lawns to go.

this is awesome, i just got my first timemaster and the screeching noise was driving me nuts. my wife was like what kinda cheap thing did you buy lol .

People don't realize that they are spinning two heavy blades and all of the pulleys and the timing belt each time they pull that bail handle. It takes a few seconds for everything to get up to speed from a dead stop. I've always engaged that bail handle fairly slowly versus slamming it into "gear" as demonstrated here, and have had ZERO issues with belt squeal and still have the original belt on the machine for the past six mowing seasons.

Thank you very much!!! Happened to me after 6 mows!

Thank you tons, I had the same problem. Blessings to you

Love your vids brother keep up the good work helping up out

Thx, good video. My 2016 TimeMaster eats those upper blade pulley v-belts and I'm always looking for the cause. Idler pulley doesn't seem sloppy but that 'brake arm assembly' (as shown in Toro parts diagram) jumps around a lot. Could be cheap belts too, but your video was useful.

Thank you very much for posting this video. Very helpful.

thank you for the video. my mower had the same issue

Thanks for the video. Fixed my issue!!!

I bought mine yesterday from the depot the the pace systems as extremely loose barely going up hills Btw I perform all your mods today favorite one has to be reclocking the pull rope pure Genius

Great vid. My time master squealed from day one.

Thanks for the video. Problem solved in a few minutes. No kudos to Toro for this assembly flaw.

Thanks mate appreciated i hot the same problem Beautiful big mower with problems

Thank you very much! I recently bought a Toro and every time when I use the blade a weird noise comes out from there, after this video and after adjusting the tensioner pulley no more noise

Perfect, thank you for the help.

These damn cables break all the time. The sqeaking is fine. The issue is if the cable isnt tensioned enough the belt will slip and the blades wont spin at the right speed. Also if yoy engage it fast like youre doing its much more likely to break the cable

Thanks man u just saved some money!

it makes that noise because you engage the blade too quickly. if you slam the blade engager too hard it will eventually rip up that belt or break the cable. you must give the blades and belt time to engage properly. we use these mower at my job for about 5 hours a day 6 days a week with about 400 houses. if you take care of them properly and treat them good they last a long time.

My mower blade stopped suddenly so I doubted it was the cable adjustment but hoped it was. I put a mark on the cable with a sharpie before adjusting it. Still did not work then I noticed that the smooth belt was off the motor pulley. Took off the keeper on the large left pulley and was able to get it back on. Nice that they use all 3/8 “ bolts. Sharpie mark let me put cable back like it was now it cuts fine. Hope this is not a repeating problem

Your very helpful, thanks,. 👍

This video saved me today

Thank you!

is there a adj too make the drive sytem tighter so it grabs harder

Thanks.

I swear to god. My neighbor has this mower and it squeals so bad when he engages the blades. I told him it didnt sound right but he told me it had done that noise since new. Next time I hear that mower I'm going outside and fixing it for him.

Helpful. Thanks.

Thank you

Nice video.

Thank you soooo muchhh

I did this two mows ago and this time the belt broke so I suppose you can get it too tight

Mine did the same thing after 3 hrs. I just replaced for a new one

Grate. Thanks for the help. I just got this same mower for $200 on Facebook and when I engage the blades it turns off. Do you think this will help it?

Is there a way to keep the blade brake arm from vibrating like crazy when the blades are engaged? I break a blade drive belt (V-belt) every year and all that vibration is probably contributing to this.

i bet you have went through a buntch of blade belts. Toro gives specific instructions to slowly engage the blades. gives the belt time to catch up

My 30 inch. Just started sputtering its basically brand new, a month and a half old. Do you think it could be the fuel filter?

Great Video!!

what would cause the mower to shut off when the blades are engaged?

That mower is 3 days old? I have same one and is 7 years old and looks newer than that. You could have at least hosed it off before doing the video.

The belt on mine is too tight and is constantly engaging the blades. Anyone have a fix?

That's what your mower looks like after 3 days of mowing? What are you guys mowing up there... spinach farms?

Thanks for the info. If you really want to improve your mower, check out my vid on the Timemaster.

And he's standing there with a curved shaft weed eater.🤔