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  • Mar 15, 2006, 04:15 AM
    iturner50
    1998 MTD Garden Tractor 800 Series
    :mad:

    Tractor Drive belt keeps coming off. Has been replaced several times. Brand new belt installed last week has come off already. It comes off mostly when going up a slight incline or hill (not real steep)

    Is there any kind of adjustment to the pulleys or is this a sign that the tractor is just plain worn out?

    This is on the big pulley on top of the transmission. All belt keepers are intact and in good shape.
  • Mar 15, 2006, 12:03 PM
    thebriggsdude
    So saying all belt keepers are intact, they are all bent in close to the belt? Its not a sign of it being worn out though, Is this a shift on the go maybe? Or manual transaxle?
  • Mar 22, 2006, 02:39 AM
    iturner50
    It's a shift On the Go 7 speed. Sorry about the late response been shopping for a new tractor.
  • Mar 23, 2006, 12:27 PM
    thebriggsdude
    The clutch (basically a pulley) might need a little adjustment, sometimes they can get loose and leave the belt loose as well.
  • May 12, 2007, 01:39 AM
    mkrmachine
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by iturner50
    It's a shift On the Go 7 speed. Sorry about the late response been shopping for a new tractor.

    Do yo want to sell the tractor, I am in Rochester, Ny:)
  • May 12, 2007, 01:41 AM
    mkrmachine
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by iturner50
    :mad:

    Tractor Drive belt keeps coming off. Has been replaced several times. Brand new belt installed last week has come off already. It comes off mostly when going up a slight incline or hill (not real steep)

    Is there any kind of adjustment to the pulleys or is this a sign that the tractor is just plain worn out?

    This is on the big pulley on top of the transmission. All belt keepers are intact and in good shape.

    Forgt my email [email protected] I will buy tractor
  • May 12, 2007, 10:33 PM
    newaukumdon
    HAS to be factory belt. Make sure the idler pulley is not bad.

    Don
  • Aug 26, 2009, 02:27 PM
    deuceman
    I had the same problem. The axle assembly seems to shift or twist and throw the transmission pulley out of line. I added a peace of angle iron at the front of the transmission to catch between the frame and the extruded part of the transmission to prevent this. This has worked for about 10 years. BTW I have one of these machines for sale. Frame has cracked where the axle/transmission bolts to it but it was running fine up until this. Could be welded back together.
  • Aug 26, 2009, 02:27 PM
    deuceman
    I had the same problem. The axle assembly seems to shift or twist and throw the transmission pulley out of line. I added a peace of angle iron at the front of the transmission to catch between the frame and the extruded part of the transmission to prevent this. This has worked for about 10 years. BTW I have one of these machines for sale. Frame has cracked where the axle/transmission bolts to it but it was running fine up until this. Could be welded back together.
  • Aug 26, 2009, 02:27 PM
    deuceman
    I had the same problem. The axle assembly seems to shift or twist and throw the transmission pulley out of line. I added a peace of angle iron at the front of the transmission to catch between the frame and the extruded part of the transmission to prevent this. This has worked for about 10 years. BTW I have one of these machines for sale. Frame has cracked where the axle/transmission bolts to it but it was running fine up until this. Could be welded back together.
  • Aug 26, 2009, 02:27 PM
    deuceman
    I had the same problem. The axle assembly seems to shift or twist and throw the transmission pulley out of line. I added a peace of angle iron at the front of the transmission to catch between the frame and the extruded part of the transmission to prevent this. This has worked for about 10 years. BTW I have one of these machines for sale. Frame has cracked where the axle/transmission bolts to it but it was running fine up until this. Could be welded back together.
  • Aug 26, 2009, 02:45 PM
    crigby

    Hi,
    I intend to close this thread but the factory told us many years ago that if this was happening that the bolt(s) stabilizing the front of the transaxle were missing.
    Peace,
    Clarke

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