I was cutting the grass with my murray riding mower with the B&S 15 hp
engine and doing real good. I was in third gear when I hit an old tree
stump hard. The mower stopped and now will not move and the blades will
not turn. The engine runs fine but the pulleys for the motion belt and
the blade belt do not turn. Could this be a
broken shear pin? If so how do I fix it? What else could it be?
Thanks for any advice Herb

"Herb Eneva" wrote in message
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I was cutting the grass with my murray riding mower with the B&S 15 hp
engine and doing real good. I was in third gear when I hit an old tree
stump hard. The mower stopped and now will not move and the blades will
not turn. The engine runs fine but the pulleys for the motion belt and
the blade belt do not turn. Could this be a
broken shear pin? If so how do I fix it? What else could it be?
Thanks for any advice Herb

I would remove the deck and see if any of the blade spindles have bent. With
the deck off you should be able to turn all the spindles by hand, freely

"Herb Eneva" wrote in message
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I was cutting the grass with my murray riding mower with the B&S 15 hp
engine and doing real good. I was in third gear when I hit an old tree
stump hard. The mower stopped and now will not move and the blades will
not turn. The engine runs fine but the pulleys for the motion belt and
the blade belt do not turn. Could this be a
broken shear pin? If so how do I fix it? What else could it be?
Thanks for any advice Herb


Could be. The manual should show the location of it and how to replace it.
Most decent hardware stores carry pins.

On May 31, 1:04*pm, (Herb Eneva) wrote:
* I was cutting the grass with my murray riding mower with the B&S 15 hp
engine and doing real good. I was in third gear when I hit an old tree
stump hard. The mower stopped and now will not move and the blades will
not turn. *The engine runs fine but the pulleys for the motion belt and
the blade belt do not turn. * * * * * * * * * * * * Could this be a
broken shear pin? If so how do I fix it? What else could it be?
Thanks for any advice * * Herb

I used a flat punch to knock out the ones I have replaced.

Good luck,
Andy