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mower eating belts

17 years ago

I've had my craftman dlt 5000 mower for 7 years now, it has the briggs 25 hp engine and 48" deck. Last year I bought 4 new pto belts and 1 so far this year and I can't for the life of me figure out why it keeps eating the belts. I've inspected all the pully's and can find no sharp edges or anything that could posibly cut the belt.

The belt looks like it has bites out of it,could the electric pto be causing my problem?

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tomplum
17 years ago
WHat edge of the belt have the bites? I seem to recall the pitch of one of the idlers I had to change once for edge wear on a 48. Inspect the alignment at your normal cutting height.
crspears
Original Author
17 years ago
Inside bottom edge of the v. Polished all the pullys and checked for burrs, ran for a few minutes with new belt and it showed signs of a cut line.
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