Mower deck drive Belt Tension

THAGAN · Apr 18, 2016

Hi, the belt on my 211-5 Wheel Horse the goes from output crank to the mower deck spindle broke and I bought a new one but I don't see any way to adjust tension. Is there some way to move the entire deck back to add tension? My Wheel Horse is probably more than 10 years old. The deck label appears to read 0537MS05 54914 with a faint 05100 at bottom. Any help will be appreciated! Todd

T.R.K. · Apr 18, 2016

Not familiar with the 200 series wheel Horses, Its been years since we had any in the shop, but if it has an electric clutch there is almost always a spring loaded idler pulley (A pulley with just a bearing in it) on the deck somewhere that tightens the belt.

If you push a lever to engage the belt, usually an idler pulley moves to tighten the belt. usually there is a spring in the system somewhere to compensate for vibration in the belt.

Mower deck drive Belt Tension

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