Good information to have. With the labor costs approaching $100.00/ hour it doesn't take much to rack up a bill that is more than the tractor is worth.
Fix It or Kic It, great video, thank you. I recently changed the drive belt in my Troy bilt pony (2011), unfortunately; the belt now is very tense, not sure if that’s the way it’s supposed to be, I don't know if that will be the cause of my problem, now I can only control the speed with the throttle lever, even when I put it in rabbit mode the motor goes at high rpm, but the ground speed is about half the normal speed; the (yellow on mine) speed control lever doesn’t work, it goes up and down without locking the notches, offers no resistance and does nothing. (however, the engaging of the parking brake action works fine). I opened up the hood and saw the speed control lever attached to a connecting rod which is attached down there to the cupped metal piece in the correct position as the new Troy Bilt Pony I saw yesterday at Home Depot, but besides allowing to be put in in park position, I don’t see it attached to anything else, is it right? How does it regulate the speed if it is not connected to anything else? Thank you in advance.
For anybody doing this, be CAREFUL removing that center bolt from the bearings/variable pulley assembly. That bolt is a 5/16-24, 3/4 inch long, and there IS red locktite on it from the factory. It will shear off inside the pulley in you're not careful. My advice is to apply heat before attempting to remove. p.s. That bolt is like $10.00 online shipped.....or just go to a hardware store and buy it for 75¢
The bolt that holds the variable speed pulley in place has gotten loose and fell out twice. Is the bolt supposed spin with the pulley or do I need some locktight or something
Yes Sir, The 5/16 x 24 .750 GR5 bolt on the bottom spins with the pulley! The factory bolt has a type of "Red Loctite" on it to keep the bolt from getting loose after installation. If you're using a regular hardware store bolt make sure it's Grade 5 and be sure to use Red Loctite available at any parts store.
Sounds like that engine needs a new camshaft. Decompression mechanism is broke. Very good chance it could take out entire engine. You have broken metal pieces floating around in engine.
For the 6.00 bucks of bearing it’s fixed, tell me how much cheaper can it be, the hydro trans are nothing but a expensive joke on the consumer This is why I don’t have one when I can afford to fix this simple system 😊😊😊
I don't understand. That Belt is old and torn up! I can see cracks and chunks missing! That variable pulley is probably 20 years old! Why are you re-using these old beat up parts? What is the purpose of this exercise?
Very true but those bearings are NOT press fit. The Variable pulley just slides through the inner bearing races and the bearings should easily slide into the bearing carrier. Personally I think it should've been press fit but it doesn't spin very fast!
When you're dealing with a 20 year old tractor, take "Easy" out of your vocabulary. For instance I had to use an air hammer and a chisel attachment to cut the head off the bolt on the bottom after it started to turn and stripped. I could have used heat but I might have destroyed the bearings by melting the seals. Never say something like this is "Easy" it's bad Juju!
Thank you sir! Exactly my lawnmower symptoms
Good information to have. With the labor costs approaching $100.00/ hour it doesn't take much to rack up a bill that is more than the tractor is worth.
Wait tell the new one fails and it’s 1500.00 to fix plus labor
Smart to fix the older mower
Fix It or Kic It, great video, thank you.
I recently changed the drive belt in my Troy bilt pony (2011), unfortunately; the belt now is very tense, not sure if that’s the way it’s supposed to be, I don't know if that will be the cause of my problem, now I can only control the speed with the throttle lever, even when I put it in rabbit mode the motor goes at high rpm, but the ground speed is about half the normal speed; the (yellow on mine) speed control lever doesn’t work, it goes up and down without locking the notches, offers no resistance and does nothing. (however, the engaging of the parking brake action works fine). I opened up the hood and saw the speed control lever attached to a connecting rod which is attached down there to the cupped metal piece in the correct position as the new Troy Bilt Pony I saw yesterday at Home Depot, but besides allowing to be put in in park position, I don’t see it attached to anything else, is it right? How does it regulate the speed if it is not connected to anything else? Thank you in advance.
Just smart to replace brging every five years and grease the needle brings with wheel bearing grease
It’s what I do 😊 also to customer mowers
Thank you this was very helpful much appreciated.
Thank You for information and video
My huskee lt3800 having this issue
For anybody doing this, be CAREFUL removing that center bolt from the bearings/variable pulley assembly. That bolt is a 5/16-24, 3/4 inch long, and there IS red locktite on it from the factory. It will shear off inside the pulley in you're not careful. My advice is to apply heat before attempting to remove.
p.s. That bolt is like $10.00 online shipped.....or just go to a hardware store and buy it for 75¢
The bolt that holds the variable speed pulley in place has gotten loose and fell out twice. Is the bolt supposed spin with the pulley or do I need some locktight or something
Locktigh will help. But you might need to replace the pulley also if it keeps on happening
Yes Sir, The 5/16 x 24 .750 GR5 bolt on the bottom spins with the pulley! The factory bolt has a type of "Red Loctite" on it to keep the bolt from getting loose after installation. If you're using a regular hardware store bolt make sure it's Grade 5 and be sure to use Red Loctite available at any parts store.
@@Justme-xp4rf Great thanks
@rendor21 Great thanks, big help, this was driving me crazy.
Sounds like that engine needs a new camshaft. Decompression mechanism is broke. Very good chance it could take out entire engine. You have broken metal pieces floating around in engine.
I agree with you because I own a small engine shop and see it all the time
I try to warn people but hard headed people destroy their engines
Use 242 lock tight on bolt is my advice
For the 6.00 bucks of bearing it’s fixed, tell me how much cheaper can it be, the hydro trans are nothing but a expensive joke on the consumer
This is why I don’t have one when I can afford to fix this simple system 😊😊😊
I don't understand. That Belt is old and torn up! I can see cracks and chunks missing! That variable pulley is probably 20 years old! Why are you re-using these old beat up parts? What is the purpose of this exercise?
Always press bearings . No hammer
As long as you DON'T hammer the center of the bearing, it's okay!
Any impact damages race . It's a luck thing . Best way is to press bearing in
Very true but those bearings are NOT press fit. The Variable pulley just slides through the inner bearing races and the bearings should easily slide into the bearing carrier. Personally I think it should've been press fit but it doesn't spin very fast!
Show it
Easy fix if you got 100.00 bucks and time
I got 4 bearings for $9.39 from Amazon, the labor (mine) was FREE!
When you're dealing with a 20 year old tractor, take "Easy" out of your vocabulary. For instance I had to use an air hammer and a chisel attachment to cut the head off the bolt on the bottom after it started to turn and stripped. I could have used heat but I might have destroyed the bearings by melting the seals. Never say something like this is "Easy" it's bad Juju!