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Hello all,
Back in May we bought a Craftsman riding mower, model number 917.255460. I believe it's roughly a 96 model. Well, once I got it home and used it, I quickly realized that the blades, although turning, did not seem to be turning at full speed. After a couple of times cutting the yard, it came to the point where the belt wasn't even turning the blades on the mower. Basically the mower was useless. I went online and ordered a new belt (matching the belt up with the model number of course). Once the new belt arrived, I installed it, only to find that it was still very loose and wasn't turning the blades at all. (For reference, the belt I ordered was part number 130969 and is supposed to be 92.4 inches long).
Now I should mention that the previous owner replaced the deck with a different deck because of problems on the original deck. He assured me that he replaced the deck with the same size one as it came with.
The only thing I can think of is that he didn't actually get the correct size deck, and therefor the belt doesn't fit. Is there a way that I can determine what the problem is exactly, and how to fix it?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Back in May we bought a Craftsman riding mower, model number 917.255460. I believe it's roughly a 96 model. Well, once I got it home and used it, I quickly realized that the blades, although turning, did not seem to be turning at full speed. After a couple of times cutting the yard, it came to the point where the belt wasn't even turning the blades on the mower. Basically the mower was useless. I went online and ordered a new belt (matching the belt up with the model number of course). Once the new belt arrived, I installed it, only to find that it was still very loose and wasn't turning the blades at all. (For reference, the belt I ordered was part number 130969 and is supposed to be 92.4 inches long).
Now I should mention that the previous owner replaced the deck with a different deck because of problems on the original deck. He assured me that he replaced the deck with the same size one as it came with.
The only thing I can think of is that he didn't actually get the correct size deck, and therefor the belt doesn't fit. Is there a way that I can determine what the problem is exactly, and how to fix it?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.