KJR
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I have a 2009 Cub Cadet Z Force 48 that likes to break PTO belts. The first occurance was at 17 hrs. I bought a new belt and had it mailed up to me (100 miles away from dealer). I took it to the dealer after I finished cutting my yard and they proceded to look at it and told me nothing was wrong. They were quite happy to charge me for 1/2 hr worth of labor because they couldn't find anything wrong, and warranty doesn't cover "nothing being wrong".
The second belt broke at about 35 hrs. While machine was running, I would look at it from the back and the belt seemed to have some harmonic vibration to it. It looked like it was moving so far in and out that it would polish up a spot on the shaft that runs your direction control going into the left hydro. The angle of the belt from the engine pulley to the deck pulley looked pretty steep too.
I took it in again to the dealer and it was the same song and dance. They checked engine speed and would set it to the mowing height and let it run outside their shop and run for long periods of time and could never find anything wrong.
The dealer told me that they heard from cub that I'm not supposed to engage my pto whith the deck lowered into the uncut grass. I don't have tall grass by any means. I live in town and keep it trimmed up. I can't imagine trying to cut grass for the first run of the season out at my parents farm with this thing. Maybe the belts would only last 10 hrs then.
The belt itself seems to run very hot as I have stopped cutting and shut everything down to grab it. It gets so hot that I can't even hold onto it. I don't think that should be normal should it?
This mower is really a nice mower except for this pto belt issue. It has 44 hrs on the clock now and I'm just waiting for the next one to go. If anyone has run across this or has any ideas please let me know.
Thanks
The second belt broke at about 35 hrs. While machine was running, I would look at it from the back and the belt seemed to have some harmonic vibration to it. It looked like it was moving so far in and out that it would polish up a spot on the shaft that runs your direction control going into the left hydro. The angle of the belt from the engine pulley to the deck pulley looked pretty steep too.
I took it in again to the dealer and it was the same song and dance. They checked engine speed and would set it to the mowing height and let it run outside their shop and run for long periods of time and could never find anything wrong.
The dealer told me that they heard from cub that I'm not supposed to engage my pto whith the deck lowered into the uncut grass. I don't have tall grass by any means. I live in town and keep it trimmed up. I can't imagine trying to cut grass for the first run of the season out at my parents farm with this thing. Maybe the belts would only last 10 hrs then.
The belt itself seems to run very hot as I have stopped cutting and shut everything down to grab it. It gets so hot that I can't even hold onto it. I don't think that should be normal should it?
This mower is really a nice mower except for this pto belt issue. It has 44 hrs on the clock now and I'm just waiting for the next one to go. If anyone has run across this or has any ideas please let me know.
Thanks