Mowing Deck belt

   / Deck belt #11  
I've had my BX1500 for 5 years and never have.

A friend that has had a BX for probably 10 years never has as well.
 
   / Deck belt #12  
I have never released the tension on mine in the three years I have owned it. Original belt still looks brand new. Never did on previous mowers also.
 
   / Deck belt #14  
I use a pry bar and a bolt to keep the pry bar from slipping. give it a little tug and slide the belt over the pulley.
 

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   / Deck belt #15  
I use a pry bar and a bolt to keep the pry bar from slipping. give it a little tug and slide the belt over the pulley.
Say, Kid, that looks quick and simple. Nice picture too. Thanks.
 
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#16  
Sure does, lots of good replys here from those who do and those who don't. I'll have all summer to think about it. Thanks guys:confused:
 
   / Deck belt #17  
I have done both. First couple years never messed with belt. Last winter I took it off. I agree it a PITA to remove, put back. Its another one of those inconsistant things with the KUBOTA manual. It never explains why.
 
   / Deck belt #18  
I got the mower stands a few months ago, and I got a JD rider a few months back, so I popped mine off for the first time, since I knew it would be off a while.

I just took the right pulley cover off, and pushed on the idler with one hand and rolled the belt off the right pulley with the other. I am not a strong person in my opinion, so maybe I just got lucky.

I am not certain why they recommend taking it off, but I will submit this so that maybe more knowledgeable mechanical folks might correct me, and we will have our answer.

I thought it was so you could lightly grease the shiny parts of the pulleys that the belt keeps polished so that it would not rust in the off season, and possibly over the years, pit the pulley where the belt runs, making a surface eventually that would tend to gnaw on the belt as it runs.

I popped mine off because I didn't want to risk the belt somehow "taking a set" in that position, and thought I was committing a cop-out by not putting a protectant on the pulley face.

It is a cop-out I plan to studiously continue, but the way. It is in a garage, on it's new axles, and in plain sight, so I thought instead, I would simply watch out for rust, and if it happens, arrest it immediately.

There is a process called brinnelling that I will leave to each of you to look up on your own.

Brinelling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I never have understood when it is likely to happen, and when it is unlikely. But if someone wishes to offer an opinion on that as a possibility, I would appreciate reading it. If no one does, my opinion per the definition on Wikipedia is that it is unlikely.

The source of my confusion is the idea of rotating the shafts of motors in storage for fear of the bearings will fail just sitting there. I may have fallen for a myth so where along the way. But I rotate the shaft on my PTO generator whenever I think about it. At work as I pass a motor in storage, if I am not in a hurry, I rotate the shaft. So, if it is a myth, I am superstitious.
 
   / Deck belt #19  
I have never released the tension on mine in the three years I have owned it. Original belt still looks brand new. Never did on previous mowers also.

Bingo!!! I have never do it since 2000..Heck my brother has an older JD 455 from 1998....never done it...
 

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