moonlight machine
Diamond
- Joined
- Nov 19, 2007
- Location
- marysville ohio
I have had 3 belts break on on my mower. It is the belt between the electric clutch on the engine and the mower deck. The first one from Rural King, a local farm store lasted about 10 hours, the next one also from Rural King, Jason Industrial brand, Finest china quality lasted about 4 hours. Next I tried a Gates brand from Motion Industries, good for about 4 hours. This belt normally lasts for years, WTF? It is a 5/8" wide x 161" long so at about 50.00 each it is not a cheap date. The belt looks in perfect condition except where it is snapped in two, no damage to the belt from the pullies. The belt bends back about 90 degrees from straight around 2 idler pullies. Is there special belts for this?