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As I was mowing I could smell a burning belt odor. Diagnose that the tensioner pulley is tilted and the belt was rubbing on the side of the pulley about to come off. I first thought that the pulley bearing had gone bad and that is why it was cock eyed. Pull the mower deck out from under the mower to tackle the project.
Further investigation revealed that the whole tensioner unit was cock eyed because the bolt that mounts it had broken off.
Well isnt this nice. I am glad I know a guy with a mill. So off to my new shop to see about getting this out. Of course there was no good way to grab it in the vise as is. I had to press off the bracket. Once off I tried just unscrewing it from the back side using some VIM pliers. No go didnt want to move. Not ready to jump straight to the mill yet so I pulled out the propane torch and applied heat. Well that did the trick.
Put in a new M8-125 and I am back in business. Not a real interesting first project for the new shop but you cant always pick them.
Further investigation revealed that the whole tensioner unit was cock eyed because the bolt that mounts it had broken off.
Well isnt this nice. I am glad I know a guy with a mill. So off to my new shop to see about getting this out. Of course there was no good way to grab it in the vise as is. I had to press off the bracket. Once off I tried just unscrewing it from the back side using some VIM pliers. No go didnt want to move. Not ready to jump straight to the mill yet so I pulled out the propane torch and applied heat. Well that did the trick.
Put in a new M8-125 and I am back in business. Not a real interesting first project for the new shop but you cant always pick them.