Re: (ET) Tractor ride not smooth

[Rob Brockway <getractor yahoo com>]

The owners manual suggests placing a 1/4 shim under the bolts farthest away from the belt.  Pull the motor to tension by hand and tighten the bolts without the shims.  Then remove the shim and tighten the other two bolts.  This 1/4 movement provides the final tension.  It seemed to work for me.

Rob Brockway

steves <ssawtelle fcc net> wrote:

How does one tighten the drive belts?

1. Loosen the 4 carriage bolts that hold the motor bracket to the chassis
(the tops of the bolts are visible in the 'floorboard').

2. Push the motor forward with some sort of prybar, length of wood, etc. -
Keep the motor staright in the chassis.

3. Tighten bolts while keeping the pressure on.

It's a bit hard to do by yourself, but possible.

- SteveS


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> On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:22:10 -0500, "T Humphrey" wrote:
> > When the belts were loose it didn't jerk, it just didn't get going
> > very quickly and I could hear them squealing.
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> How does one tighten the drive belts? I have that squealing problem.
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