How to Change the Belt on a Woods Mower

The lawn tractor manufactured by Woods utilizes a standard suspended mower deck for cutting grass. The deck suspends in the bottom from the mower with a number of torsion rods. Though the drive deck is among the prime from the mower deck and also the bottom in the lawn tractor, you usually do not need to remove the deck entirely to acquire access for the belt. This signifies that replacing the belt on a Woods mower deck is simple.

Disengage the PTO lever to cease the mower blades from turning and reduced the deck to its lowest position together with the deck lever. This maximizes space in between the deck and also the tractor.
Locate the belt guards around the mower deck. Every single on the two belt guards attaches towards the deck with hex screws. Remove the hex screws using a socket and remove the guards in the deck.
Locate the pulley mounted to a spring-loaded bracket. This can be the tensioner pulley. Push the tensioner pulley away in the belt to release tension around the belt. Pull the belt off the mower deck. If necessary, draw a diagram on the belt just before you remove it in the deck.
Place the new belt onto the pulleys around the deck. Push within the tensioner pulley and place the belt more than the tensioner pulley. Let go in the pulley to restore tension for the belt.