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broke mower
May 22, 2012, 02:53 PM
My son was mowing on our John Deere la145 and before he finished he brought it home with a broke mower deck belt. He said the belt broke while mowing the grass. After I put a belt on it when I tried to engage the mower it acted like it was in a bind and killed the motor. I tried several times to engage the mower and it did the same thing ever time. I looked under it hoping to find something wrapped around the blades putting it in a bind but there wasn't. What could be causing this to happen.

crigby
Jul 15, 2012, 12:14 PM
Hi,
Broke your post free from where you put it. Remove belt, engage deck and check spindles for free rotation. Could be a bad bearing or broken spindle housing. Coule also be that the spindle brakes are not releasing.
Peace,
Clarke