HC wrote:
G'day Max

Phew...now I'm searching the old grey matter because we had exactly the
same problem with a Cox many years ago, although it was only one of the
many problems!! Don't start me!! LOL

What we did was cut a bracket from some gal angle and attach it to the
mower deck (can't remember exactly where). Attached to the bracket was a
roller bearing that came out of something else that was lying
around...our spare parts dept was a bit of a dog's breakfast and
contained all sorts of stuff. All good for something at some time or
other!!! LOL

Anyway, the bracket that was attached to the mower deck meant that the
belt had to run in a fairly tight space and couldn't fling itself off
the pulley. I seem to remember that we bought an incorrect size belt
(on purpose) too, but can't think if it was larger or smaller. I do
remember though, that we tried a breakable link belt but that was
disastrous, they are easy to fit but stretch like crazy.

Sorry I can't be anymore specific, it was a longggg time ago, but hope
this might start the ball rolling.

Bronwyn ;-)


G'day Bronwyn.

That was the first thing I said to him! How about a spring loaded idler
wheel? Great minds ay! :-) He did look at me a bit strangely though! LOL.

Your spare parts dept. sounds just like the kind I like. My wife can't
understand why I want to have all this junk laying around, she isn't
into fabricating things like I am. But is ever so happy when I fix
things for nothing with just a piece of old steel and a few bolts I had
in or behind the shed.

I was hoping someone had tried the idler wheel approach. You probably
used a smaller belt so that it sat down deeper in the pulleys, is my
guess. And I will stay away from breakable link belts, regardless of
what ride on we buy.

Thanks for your reply Bronwyn.

-Max



Max wrote:
G'day.

Looks like a nice friendly newsgroup you have here.

I was wondering if any of you good people would know a fix for a Cox
ride-on mower that throws belts? My next door neighbour wants to sell
his 6 year old Cox mower for $1,000. But he also doesn't want to sell
it because it has thrown belt on a regular basis since it was new. He
reckons that his ears would never stop burning! :-) He says it's a
twin rotor with a belt that you just about need a road map to replace.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

-Max