Re: (ET) Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 21:17:54 -0500

[Jeremy Gagliardi com]

By the way, I also verified you can get belts off this way too (at least
on my E20), by using your hand as a de-railer.  Pull the belt away from
the bottom of the large ring, and as described below, slowly turn the
large ring (clockwise) with your other hand while pulling the belt away
and off the ring, just like you would de-chain a bicycle.  Slowly the
belt will ride up alongside the ring, and eventually give way.

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> Perhaps my belts are a little loose, but what I did was to do it bicycle
> chain style.  I totally overstressed by E20 one day and the belts came
> clear off.  So, I put them both back onto the small ring, then part way
> up the large ring, holding them tight.  Then, on a level surface, with
> the power off, the brake off, and the gear in neutral, I slowly moved
> the large ring by hand (thus moving the tractor forward) while using my
> hand as a re-railer of sorts to guide the belt fully onto the large
> ring.  Voila, belts back on in under 2 minutes.
> 
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> Oasis654 aol com wrote:
> > 
> > In a message dated 6/19/02 10:20:26 PM, goodguyforsure hotmail com 
> > wrote:
> > 
> > << Drive belts. How do I get them out? There is not enough room 
> > between the
> > pulley and frame. Do I have to remove the pulley? Anything I should 
> > know
> > about buying new belts?
> > 
> > John Briese>>
> > 
> > hi john, this is often a problem.  recently i loosened the 4 motor 
> > mounting
> > bolts, and this gave enough room to slip belts around.  on transaxel 
> > end,
> > sometimes i've loosened bolts holding tranny in place, just enough to 
> > slip
> > belts around.
> >     if there's an easier way, i'd like to know too. good luck, jon k