All Mower Deck Belt Issues Solved! Deck belt breaking or jumping off?

In this video, I go over the most common issues I see when customer's deck belts keep jumping off, breaking, or shredding.
No matter what type of lawn mower you have, riding lawn tractor and zero turns, this video will help you find and solve that annoying issue.
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Check out my past videos on lawn mowers. I have many videos going over common issues.

[@Rein_Ciarfella]

I can’t believe this. I just had a deck belt break yesterday on a customer’s lawn tractor! My first encounter with this issue! Timing is everything!

[@jayjudd6518]

This guy is so thorough on his inspections. 😊

[@nabilalhadi740]

Awesome video. Thanks buddy for providing a video that gets right to the point! Helped a ton.

[@Ziggle]

@Mechanical Mind Question: Can the belt wear out faster if I'm engaging the blades (tightening belt) while full throttle and riding mower is moving (I do this)? Instead, should I be stopped and have it at a slow idle, THEN engage belt, then speed idle to full? Or, does that even matter? Thank You in advance.

[@mattcasdorph]

I had a belt chewed up on my Craftsman LT1000, found that one of the spindles bolts were loose and also worn so I decided to buy a rebuild kit and replaced both spindles, the idler and tensioner and rode it a few minutes and it got caught and shredded the belt. Turns out the belt got between the pulley and the little keeper piece that is supposed to keep the belt on the pulley. That wrecked my brand new belt that came with the kit. So I also found that the keeper was not in the right place when tightened. So that ate my old belt up and now waiting for a new belt to be delivered. This time Im going to tighten the belt without it running and watch if it is against anything its not supposed to be and then let off and see how loose it is. If worse comes to worse, I may have to fabricate some keepers to keep the belts from slipping off the spindles cause I took the plastic off cause of buildup on the deck.

[@Mike-jg1jq]

I had the issue of the belt coming off when disengaging the phone. It was the break pads were worn and letting the tension pulley get too close to the blade pulley. This put too much slack in the belt and it would jump off the pulley.

[@Mike-jg1jq]

Belt

[@mariocolon495]

Yes I have the same problem. Couldn't find this anywhere in the internet til I noticed it myself

[@JDMManitoba94]

Thank you so much

[@danielbrothers1284]

You did a Great job... thanks so much...Jesus Bless You in Many Ways

[@thedampestcrib6004]

Where on earth would I get the belt guide for the idler pulleys? I can't find them at all

[@gstewart6778]

Did you add that bolt on the front top of the deck?

[@dempssa]

The cutting belt on my ride on keeps slipping, especially on lower mow setting. Oleo Mac mower. Any suggestions?

[@oysterace]

deck belt keeps twisting then breaking twice now

[@thedampestcrib6004]

Same I replaced all pulleys blades and now it does it faster I'm lost

[@lkw5699]

Great video. Thx

[@JamesLyle-k3o]

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[@JamesLyle-k3o]

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[@jonlambshead5115]

Great Video However I Personally Would Not Have Put That Deck Back On With Out Wire Brushing The Rust And Splashing A Bit Of Paint On It. Maybe That's Me, But It Wouldn't Have Taken Much To Be Thorough Plus Its Showing You Care About Other Peoples Stuff...