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Jon314

USA
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Posted - 05/10/2015 :  23:31:20  Show Profile Send Jon314 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I've got a pair of '64 Landlords, both with the 42" deck. Today I cleaned up the decks and had the cover off the spindle drive belt. One deck has a spring tensioning setup to keep the belt tight, the other deck has no adjustment in the idler. Was this a factory upgrade? My operator book (deck 285) shows the no adjustment idler. So I have no part number for the pivot mechanism nor the spring. Sure makes sense to have it kept taut with a spring.
Thanks for the help

midnightpumpkin

USA
888 Posts
Posted - 05/11/2015 :  02:21:41  Show Profile Send midnightpumpkin a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Product evolution. Mfg. Number 990544 would be a typical 42" deck with the tensioner.

John U
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Jon314

USA
93 Posts
Posted - 05/12/2015 :  21:58:18  Show Profile Send Jon314 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I will be copying the tensioner from one and adding it to the other. Makes a lot of sense, because you can't just look to see the belt condition, it likely would never get adjusted.
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skunkhome

USA
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Posted - 05/12/2015 :  22:43:22  Show Profile Send skunkhome a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Yeah, the spring idler was a great improvement along with the spring lever on the PTO tensioner.

Phil



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