How to Install a Mower Deck Belt on a John Deere E130

[@deigo2629]

Literally the best instruction video on any subject matter I've ever seen ... absolutely organized prepared and my favorite part no jerking around wasting my time stalling moments .. just fast thorough and straight to the point.. thank you very much .. I seriously wish you made every KZbin video on every topic

[@zbelch]

100%agree! Very helpful!

[@FredRayner-r1i]

This guy is a born teacher. Very well done. One of the best instructional videos (on anything) that I have ever seen !

[@musicamex]

You are great at explaining the details of this process. I need to do this tomorrow (no manual) and you greatly saved me me allot of time ! I also admire you for not being limited by your handicap. You are a PRO, BRO!!

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

Good luck with the belt replacement. No worries, you got this!! Thank you for the kind words:) please like, subscribe and tell a few friends to help my channel grow.

[@robertloggins4583]

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[@CapeAnneKayaker]

This is the best explanation of a mechanical procedure I have ever witnessed. Thank you!

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

Thank you for the kind words, for subscribing and commenting!!! I’m glad it was helpful:)

[@k4r33m]

Thank you so much. I followed your directions to the T and my lawnmower is working great. Your tutorial was very easy to follow, this is coming from a guy that is not good with mechanical stuff. I’m more of an IT guy. Thanks again

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

Im glad this video was helpful and you got the job done! Please give this video a thumbs up, subscribe and tell your friends to help my channel grow. It would be greatly appreciated:)

[@duncanswi]

This is so helpful. Thank you for taking the time to make a very clear instructional video.

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

I’m glad it was helpful and hope all goes smoothly! Please give this video a like, subscribe and tell your friends about my channel to help it grow. It would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for watching and the kind comment.

[@TylerRyanCollins]

Just finished changing my belt off my E130. You’re the hero of the day! Video was detailed and on point. 15-20min and it was done. Thanks!

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

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[@stevenocita1502]

I have a John Deere S120. I had a hell of time disconnecting the black spring there just wasn't enough clearance. I used a a pair of channel locks to bend the spring upward and out of the slot. Thank you for your video very well done I wish I would have watched this video first it would have made my job much easier.

[@jimmunhall]

Excellent video, to the point and very informative. I wish I could see a little better where the spring attaches to the inside tensioner pulley but it is what it is.

[@fbtool]

Hey man, I can't thank you enough! I smelled rubber and my E130 belt slipped off. This is my second JD lawn tractor and I have never had this happen before. Anyway, I need to buy a belt, the pulley burned a slice in it, and then I'm going to replay your video and do it myself! Thank you so much!

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

I'm glad it will be helpful. I hope all goes well. Please give this video a thumbs up, subscribe and tell your friends about my channel to help it grow. It would be greatly appreciated. Let me know how you made out!

[@natal777]

Good job ! I like the way you keep the deck nice and clean ! Some people never clean it and it winds up being a big mess making it harder to work on

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

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[@SeniorChief1991]

My belt started slipping out of the front brackets when disengaged. Still works and now I just turn off the engine before I disengage. Guess I need a new belt. Thanks for a concise, informative vid.

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

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[@brianbelliveau5551]

Nicely done if anyone has a little bit of machine skills it’s pretty easy and you did a nice job thanks for the video

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

I’m glad it was helpful and thank you for the kind comment.

[@pittmichael]

This was very helpful. You walked me through it perfectly and made the job so much easier for me, thank you

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

I’m glad all went as planned! Please give this video a thumbs up if you liked it and tell a few friends to help my channel grow:) it will be greatly appreciated.

[@michael.noonan]

I'm sure that the John Deere mechanics are very professional in their trade but to think I was going to spend $89 + tax, after belt cost, for installation....... Hewwww. So glad I found your DIY video. This is one of the best DIY videos I've found on this topic. Thank you!

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

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[@babamo1863]

What a pro. I wish all instructional videos were this good.

[@randyo308]

Your videos rock!! Clear, concise, excellent video quality without all the blah blah like other guys. Thank you

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

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[@sadieevangailey955]

Thank you so much, your video was spot on. Much appreciated and made it simple to change a belt!!

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

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[@IanStanley-i1f]

One of the best instructional videos I have ever seen. You made the job so easy. Well done!!!

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

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[@tlm3574]

Very experienced young mechanic. Fun to watch. Wish they could make the decks a bit easier to remove,tho.

[@astridfish1316]

Damn you made that look so easy. Wish me luck. I'm going to try right now

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

I hope all went well!

[@gnic5722]

Thank you, you just made my day 100% easier for me. Excellent video, one of the best I've ever seen and I watch how to videos all the time. Thanks again.

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

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[@randykline2575]

Nice video. Looks easy too change belt. Didn’t change belt at 50 hrs but will change at 100 hrs.. Wish me luck

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

Thank you and thank you for the kind comment.

[@MichaelOShaughnessy1]

Excellent video. The instructions and camera work are so clear! Thank you!

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

I’m glad it was helpful and thank you for the kind comment. Please give this video a like subscribe if you haven’t already and share my channel with your friends to help it grow. It would be greatly appreciated!

[@JohnWilliams-jj2en]

Great video. My neighbor was having problems, because he had taken the covers off, and the belt kept coming off. He tried a shorter belt, and the tension was off. I can let him know to buy those covers again, and that they are replacing the metal pieces that kept the belt on the pulley.

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

Good going! I’m glad this video was helpful:)

[@MAGrindel]

Fantastic thank you this will work with my D130. I wonder is it possible to change out the belt with out removing the deck at all?

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

Yes, it can be done, but it is not easy. I make most of my videos easy for anybody to do the work as you just did. Yes, it’s a little bit more work but it is easier work. If you can understand that.

[@SteveVanDyke-h1f]

Excellent video and a great teacher. You saved me time and money by showing step-by-step instruction. Thank you very much!!!!!!!! You have a friend in Charleston, SC. Happy Halloween!

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

I’m glad it was helpful and thank you for the kind comment! Happy Halloween to you too!

[@ant03609]

Well done sir . Thank you , just what I needed .

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

Your very welcome, thank you for the kind comment. Please give this video a thumbs up, subscribe and tell your friends to help my channel grow. It would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for watching:)

[@ant03609]

@@JohnsonsSmallEngines will do. Is there a way to replace belt without dropping t he deck. Just curious. Thank you

[@bambeezy8956]

Great video How do you tighten belt tension on this model so the belt will not come off

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

There is only belt tension when you engage the blade engagement handle and that is controlled with the spring at the end of the cable. When you disengage the handle it will make the belt loose. Not sure when your belt is coming off but it sounds like you have more issues then just replacing the belt?

[@chowdhryaftab]

One of the best How To video. I've subscribed and will forward to my social circle. You made my job a lot easier. Thank you

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

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[@spencerbeales8965]

Couldn't get my idler pulleys off . Just took vise grips and bent the guides a bit then bent them back after the belt was installed.

[@larrycortner6321]

Thank you so much, Sir, for posting it was a big help.

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

Hi Larry, I’m glad it was helpful and thank you for the kind comment. Please give this video a like, subscribe and tell your friends about my channel to help it grow! It would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for watching:)

[@ericnewb4594]

Thank you! My grass was getting long!

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

Hey Eric, I’m glad your back up and cutting! Thank you for watching and commenting. Please give this video a thumbs up and tell your friends to help my channel grow. It would be greatly appreciated.

[@ebaymarket]

Excellent video, thank you.

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[@Feefifofum24]

I respect that you seem to actually answer people! Hoping you reply.... my mower smokes a little when idle, more when PTO is engaged. Losing power when going up small hills and it smokes more as well. Hoping its just a Carbeurator problem. I'll just swap it out. But how do I know if it's the carb or a bad head gasket? Oil level is fine and it doesn't really smell like gas in there.

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

What model tractor do you have and is it a single cylinder Briggs or a twin cylinder? Does it have one spark plug or two? Did you check my video on how to tell if you have a blown head gasket?kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKKkZ35snbCkn80

[@Feefifofum24]

Guess it would help if I included that in the first place. It's a Bolens lawn tractor. Made by MTD I believe. Briggs and stratton 31a607 0741 motor. 1 Spark plug so I assume single cylinder. I did check the video but I'm still uncertain if it could be the carbeurator. It was only smoking a little lasy year and only here and there. I had it serviced because I replaced stator Coil last year, it would crank but not start after I did that, so I replaced the flywheel key because it was sheered and then the ignition switch because it was pretty worn. They cleaned the carb but now when pto engaged you get the smoke and power loss which it didn't do last year. It does run and idle ptty okay for the most part. Very little smoke when idling.

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

what color is the smoke? If it is blue ish to white. Your burning oil, if it is blackish, your burning fuel and it may sound like it’s choking or just a lot of black ish smoke when going up hills.take your spark plug out and check to see how black It is. Black sootie looking is to much fuel (carburetor issue) oil and black carbon stuck around the tip or porcelain would be oil (blown head gasket) I would need to hear and see it to diagnose correctly. It could also just be tired (old) and burning a little bit of oil. I would need to drive it to figure out the low power issue.

[@Feefifofum24]

@@JohnsonsSmallEngines this helps alot! It is a white smoke bluish here and there which led me to believe the carb. When the smoke gets heavy with the pto engaged is the same time it's losing some power. it's all white, im thinking just a new carb may solve my issue but wanted a second opinion. I'll check the plug though just in case! Thank you so much, I subscribed!

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

White smoke is oil being burned. Put a little oil from your engine dip stick on a rag or your finger and smell it. If the oil smells like gas and is very thin and the oil level seems to have gone up On the dipstick then you definitely have a carburetor issue. Again white blueish smoke is oil burning not the carburetor. Also check to make sure your sir filter isn’t saturated in oil. If it is, change it and see how it runs. Thank you for supporting the channel by subscribing:)

[@robertcarey8644]

Good video work, very well explained, very professional. Helped me a lot.

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[@mikeswiftart01]

Very good and direct. Thankyou.

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

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[@arselanahmadi182]

Thank you very much very helpful 👍👏

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

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[@kingsteegg]

All I needed. Thank you for your help.

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

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[@kingsteegg]

@@JohnsonsSmallEngines oh I did well before you asked sir.

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

@@kingsteegg Thank you!

[@kingsteegg]

@@JohnsonsSmallEngines what would you think about a belt smoking to oblivion and then the new belt doing the same? Asking for a friend.

[@MarkPreman]

Excellent video… thanks

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

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[@anthonytorrey]

You’re the best man,thank you

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

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[@daGO_BLUE]

Fantastic video

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

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[@steveclark9676]

Made it easy for me thankyou

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

I'm glad it was helpful and thank you for the kind comment

[@watermanone7567]

Nice Job: Can you show people how to add tension to the belt spring adjustment? Thanks

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

There are no spring adjustments for the mower deck, If you have the correct belt from John Deere and there is nothing wrong with the mower deck, the belt is installed correctly, the mower deck is installed correctly and the blade engagement cable is installed correctly, then it should work as it should.

[@watermanone7567]

@@JohnsonsSmallEngines I have had several in my shop that the belts are to loose and fixed the issue with a one inch shorter belt. The cables stretch. The older ones had some adjustment built into them. Thanks

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

In the case of a stretched cable we replace it not shorten the belt. No worries though, you do it your way and I do it my way. Thanks for watching:)

[@watermanone7567]

@@JohnsonsSmallEngines Will do, and have been doing it for over 50 years. Also John Deere stuff is way over priced. I use Stens or other vendors that have equally good products at much lower prices. Thanks

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

Wow 50 years! Congrats to you! You should be ready to retire? I know retirement is not in my future ever.

[@evanwest6027]

This was great! Thank you!

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

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[@Demons4Lunch]

this guys the best

[@MarkPreman]

I can’t get my pulleys off, is it just because they have never been removed before. Thanks

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

Try a little PB Blaster penetrating oil.

[@kevinnorman6475]

can you tell me if the blades are turning when the pto is not engaged??

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

If the PTO is off the blades should not turn.

[@kensharpe5545]

Very thorough! Thank you!

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

Glad it was helpful!

[@williampowell8475]

Do you ever need to adjust the tension on the belt. Mine sometimes seems to take a few seconds to engage.

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

The mower deck belt is only tensioned by the blade engagement cable spring. Depending how you have serviced your mower deck, you may have a stretched belt? Due to, how many hours or years is on the use of the belt?, cutting with dull blades, mechanical issues with the mower deck, all which could make the belt stretch. Those all will give you a slow blade engagement feel, if the belt is stretched.

[@williampowell8475]

@@JohnsonsSmallEngines Appreciate the feedback. I only have 75 hours on my mower. Keep it clean, blades sharpened, and have never had deck off. Could the belt be stretched with those few hours on it?

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

Anything is possible. If it engaged much better before then obviously there is a issue with something. Check to make sure you do not have any grass obstructing the blades when you engage the deck. Try engaging the deck at mid height on the adjustment and on your driveway with no grass in the way. If it engages better then your ok. If not the only thing that I can say is try another belt and see what happens.

[@chrismundy4054]

Thank you so much!

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

Hi Chris, I'm glad it was helpful and thank you for the kind comment. Please give this video a like, subscribe and tell your friends about my channel to help it grow. Thank you for watching.

[@eeidelivery]

Great video, thanks!!!

[@eeidelivery]

Just replaced mine after watching video, thanks for all of the pointers. I wasn't able to disconnect the spring but was able to slide deck out enough to change belt without removing.

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

Glad you were able to get the job finished and your back up and running! Thank you for watching and commenting:)

[@AR-pm9nv]

Excellent.

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

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[@WikkiD1776]

Awesome thank you!

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

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[@steinetrinder696]

Thanks Mate.

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

I'm glad it was helpful!

[@RedRoo13]

Excellent video! You got a thumbs up and a new subscriber. How long should a belt last? My new Deere E120 only had 15 hours on the hour meter when the first belt broke while I was engaging the deck drive. Thanks!

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

Thank you for subscribing and giving it the thumbs up to help my channel. Normally belts can last a very long time and 15 hrs. is not much time at all. Most likely the belt make have broke for a reason. You now need to find out why? A couple of quick things to check for is (1) do you cut when the grass it wet?? If you do then you may have had a lot of packed grass under the mower deck then it may have dried to the point when you engaged your blades the blades were stuck and the belt broke before the blades were able to get going. (2) try and make sure the mower deck isn't too low (cutting height) when you engage the mower deck and is your in the grass, the grass could stop the blades from turning and again could brake the belt.(3) Are you washing the machine after you cut? if you are stop!!, Water and bearings on these tractors do not go well together and you may find a seized bearing/pulley if your not careful and again could brake the belt before the bearing/pulley starts to work again. I do not recommend washing the machine or using the wash out port because that will be the downfall of the tractor and shorten it's life.

[@michaelwhittierpearson]

Awesome. Thanks!

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

I’m glad it was helpful!

[@PIOJOZATANIKO]

I am your new subscriber!!! I just bought my first JD, just like yours. I will have it delivered this Saturday. I was so exited, but then I red some negative reviews about this particular mower. Any advise? Is it really a bad mower?

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

The E130 in my opinion is a good tractor for grass cutting. If you are going to use it to haul a trailer/cart around with heavy loads you will most likely have transmission issues in the future. If you have steep hills you also may have transmission issues in the future. Make sure you do not wash the machine much at all. Do not use the wash port on the deck either. You will have to replace deck bearings and idler pulleys much sooner than normal because the bearings are not made well any longer (this is why the price of the machines are reasonable. Remember to grease the front wheels, front axle at the three points, one on each side and one under the front axle. Depending on how many hrs. you use the tractor you should grease machine at least twice a season. Purchase a grease gun. Keep sharp blades, change your oil and all filters on a year to year basis and you should be ok for many years to come. Preventative maintenance is the key to a long life. Good Luck with the new machine and thank you for subscribing. Please share with friends to help my channel grow!

[@paulcottrell3921]

The best

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

I'm glad it was helpful.

[@zimmermanseth]

Couldnt you leave the hangers and the cable on an just drop the bar in the front of the deck and do the belt removal/install from underneath still? Just curious if skipping a few steps is possible for us nimble folks who dont mind laying on their side wink wink!

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

Hi Seth, this is a video on how I install a mower deck belt, I have tried every way imaginable and this is the easiest way without getting your knuckles beat up or cursing a lot LOL but you can do it how ever you would like! Good luck, thanks for watching and commenting. Please subscribe and tell your friends to help my channel grow. It would be greatly appreciated:)

[@denisl2760]

I've replaced the belt with the deck still attached. Not really too difficult. Just make sure the deck is in the lowered position.

[@erics1053]

@@denisl2760 Yep, you don't need to go through all that hassle of removing the entire mower deck. Just lower the deck all the way. Deal with 1 or 2 pulleys at a time.

[@rosssteckly9681]

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[@brentjames9388]

Yeah sure where the F@#k is my 10 mm? Great video Thanks.

[@markbanta5826]

Great video!!! Thank you sir!!

[@JohnsonsSmallEngines]

I’m glad it was helpful. Thank you for watching and the kind comment.