How would you solve this problem. Mower belts rubbing.

ddbackhoe · Mar 11, 2019

4570Man said:
I replaced the center pulley on my mower with a double pulley and got rid of the stacked center pulley which reduced the clearance. Now the belts rub against each other. Even before swapping the pulley the belts rubbed against each other evident by the abnormal wear on the belt. I知 thinking some rollers to hold up the brown belt would help but the roller of such small diameter would be spinning at a smoking fast rpm and probably wouldn稚 last long. Any other ideas? ATTACH]594984[/ATTACH]View attachment 594985 View attachment 594986

Replace the double with two single pulleys, add a spacer between.

4570Man · Mar 11, 2019

ddbackhoe said:
Replace the double with two single pulleys, add a spacer between.

That’s pretty much where we’re at. I have to work today so I don’t know if I’ll have time to deal with it but I’ll have to get some single pulleys.

4570Man · Mar 11, 2019

I got off work before the electric motor shop closed and got a 3 step pulley. Leaving the middle spots empty and only using the outside 2 leaves plenty of room. It’s probably better than it was to start with.