On 07/07/2017 13:52, Huge wrote:
On 2017-07-07, Mark Allread wrote:
On Fri, 07 Jul 2017 00:11:18 +0100, nomail wrote:

I've recently "inherited" this ride-on mower - it worked well until
yesterday but now the cutter drive belt tension is suddenly far too
slack, despite the tension handle being in the right place. The tension
adjusting nuts are on the end of a rod that's anchored on a metal
assembly (called a "DECK TENSION CRADLE WELDED ASSY") underneath the
front bumper - is this assembly supposed to pivot?

'Suddenly far too slack' implies that the belt has come off one of the
pulleys.

Or that a tensioner has broken, or a spring snapped or broken off. Judging
by the two ride-on mowers I own, they were not designed very well. (I
learned to weld just so I could repair the steering on one of them.)


It's a simple system, with only 2 pulleys. Now sorted - see below.