Changing the Mower Deck Belt on my John Deere Z335E Zero Turn Mower

Changing the Mower Deck Belt on my John Deere Z335E Zero Turn Mower
In this video I show you the way I change the mower deck belt on my John Deere Z335E
Tools:
13 & 15mm Sockets w/ Socket Wrench
15mm Wrench
Pliers
Cutters - if you want to cut the old belt
* Parts - a.co/d/fTvrtR8
John Deere Z335E Information
www.deere.com/en/parts-and-se...
Chapters:
00:00 - Start
01:04 - Tools Needed
01:33 - Taking the old belt off
04:06 - Putting the new belt on.
06:27 - Making sure it's tight
08:10 - Testing
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[@vpleric]

Great video, easy to understand and follow. Thanks for the part number!

[@ScottBurnette]

Thank you so much.

[@antoinettepolizzotti4824]

Thanks Scott, big help

[@ahmadabu-alrub1378]

Very helpful, thank you for taking the time!

[@ScottBurnette]

Thank you for watching!

[@cerebralkaos2385]

Thanks for the informative video Scott! Now to tackle mine!

[@user-hz7xf6qg1v]

Great video Brother!

[@rowansjay]

Thanks, very helpful!!

[@ScottBurnette]

You’re welcome

[@grassfedlives]

Thank you for another great video! I recently replaced my z355e Accel Deep deck belt and lol found out my particular model needed the GX26422 😊

[@PeterNeuhauser-ep7mo]

Thanks for that, made my job today very easy and quick

[@heosomeheosome6752]

Man, thank you so much it was easy to understand.

[@ScottBurnette]

You’re welcome!

[@shawnj2313]

Thank you so much this video really helped me out a lot changing my belt

[@ScottBurnette]

You’re welcome!

[@Dm5messerly]

Thank God for KZbin dads

[@user-lk6ok5ol3v]

Very helpful thanks

[@ScottBurnette]

You’re welcome!

[@harrigro]

Thanks. Good tutorial

[@ScottBurnette]

Thank you.

[@ryantaylor7386]

Thanks brother… just replaced my first belt because of you

[@ScottBurnette]

Hope it does well for you.

[@johnpainter4313]

Thanks man

[@saulramirez3273]

It help me thank you 🙏🏼

[@stackzent.tv3]

You earn a new subscriber thanks

[@korey.powell73]

Thanks, my belt just broke. Will be replacing this weekend.

[@MASTRR0SHI]

It’s only twisted to keep it smaller for packaging. You needed to untwist it when you take it out of the packaging - should untwist into a perfect circle and then you put it on the pulleys

[@joet6610]

What size was the Belt, I ordered and my belt says, 118.3 and 1/2 thick. Which is wrong..

[@jlemaire9418]

Thanks, ole fella. Karma +1

[@jlemaire9418]

Much obliged.

[@ScottBurnette]

Thanks!

[@lisaburris1660]

I don't understand what I'm gonna lossen up from the back side help

[@wilburtubbs3425]

you did not metiom the bushing on the bottom of the idler pully

[@mikebradley4392]

You never mentioned either taking off or putting on the spring. It would have been very helpful if you did. It wasn’t until I figured it out that I understand what you meant when you said you had to take the belt off “this pulley here”. But, you never said why you did it.

[@ScottBurnette]

Not sure I understand the question, I didn't have to take the spring off, I have done it both ways. I need to do a follow up video explaining some of that.

[@grassfedlives]

Good catch.

[@olenreese628]

I ditant see yo release tension on spring did yo take it off?

[@ScottBurnette]

Yes, didn’t get footage of it.

[@andrewperkins2087]

Why didn’t you show the tension spring and how you put that back on?

[@ScottBurnette]

Couldn’t get a good shot of it. It’s simple, just have to be careful.

[@andrewperkins2087]

Couldn’t get it by myself, had to get my wife to help. She’s a good sport. Your video enabled me to finally get the mower working. Thanks very much.

[@ScottBurnette]

@@andrewperkins2087 she is a keeper then. Glad it helped.

[@RalphFiscus]

That belt was still twisted. LOL

[@ScottBurnette]

No, it pulled the twist out, I got lucky. Never had that happen before. Still working good.if it stayed twisted I would have taken it back apart. It’ll never happen again.

[@MikeOnTheHomestead]

I am pretty sure i did everything the exact way you did it but the belt is rubbing on the idler pullies and causing significant friction. the belt starts smoking after several seconds of running the blades. Any idea what i may be doing wrong?

[@ScottBurnette]

Just a guess but maybe the belt is too tight or maybe a bearing is not spinning free on one of the pulleys ?

[@MikeOnTheHomestead]

​@Scott Burnette thanks for the reply...i will check the bearings. I noticed it only happens when the deck is lowered. Whe telhe deck is all yhe way up, the idler pulleys are level with the drive pully but when the deck is lowered, the pulleys are not level and the rubbing is occuring on the top lip of the idler pulley. Will let you know if it is the bearings. Thanks again

[@MikeOnTheHomestead]

@@ScottBurnette It was the bearings. When i put the pulleys back on, I over tightened them and the pulleys were not turning. Lesson learned: do not over tighten the pulleys!! Thanks for the video and for your help!

[@ScottBurnette]

@@MikeOnTheHomestead good deal. Glad to help.

[@AaronEdmonson_Golf]

Do you tighten those bolts up as tight as possible on the pulleys?

[@chrisogletree883]

How many hours do you have on your z335e ?

[@ScottBurnette]

Around 150

[@chrisogletree883]

@@ScottBurnette appreciate you thanks brother!! 😊

[@grassfedlives]

Over 650hrs?!

[@ScottBurnette]

@@grassfedlives it has 154 hours.

[@duaneflower]

You have the belt on the pulley that moves to release or tighten belt tension wrong. The V part of the belt does not touch this pulley. The flat side of the belt should run touching the pulley. The V side of the belt does run touching the two Mower Blade pulleys. And again the flat side of the belt runs on the last pulley. And of course the pulley on the motor will have the V side of the belt touching this pulley. If I am wrong let me know.

[@ScottBurnette]

The twist came out and it’s on correct. I got lucky on it .

[@MitraKirtan]

"I got it done in twenty minutes and I'm not bleeding."

[@ScottBurnette]

That’s awesome!

[@user-on1ke4ts3r]

Whats the size of belt

[@ScottBurnette]

118.3X0.5 or a gx25628