Craftman loss of power Model 944.600811
 

Hi all,

First post, really need some advice here.

I have the 22hp, 46" cut electric start lawn tractor purchased in
2000, I'm the third owner. Was cutting the lawn with the catcher on,
there was a lot of stress on the mower when the drive cut-out. I
suspected a slipped belt/idle pulley problem--that was not it. I
pushed the thing back and checked out the transmission
and made all the factory adjustments. The tranny is fine, all is at
factory specs. In the process I noticed that the engine pulley
(#140189) was separated into its upper and lower sections. The upper
section could slide on the pulley shaft, causing the v-groove belt to
wander, I initially thought this was part of the design. Now that I
have eliminated all the other possibilities, I think the pulley must
have separated, and that is the cause of the loss of drive. If that is
correct, it amazes me that this part could separate, it appears to be
made out of stamped thin metal (the idler pulleys are plastic!).
Question is: Is the engine pulley a single piece, or was it meant to
separate? Is this the likely cause of the problem?

Thanks,

John

PS, I also posted this in the Craftman tractor group, but it has very
low activity.

Craftman loss of power Model 944.600811
 

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Hi all,

First post, really need some advice here.

I have the 22hp, 46" cut electric start lawn tractor purchased in
2000, I'm the third owner. Was cutting the lawn with the catcher on,
there was a lot of stress on the mower when the drive cut-out. I
suspected a slipped belt/idle pulley problem--that was not it. I
pushed the thing back and checked out the transmission
and made all the factory adjustments. The tranny is fine, all is at
factory specs. In the process I noticed that the engine pulley
(#140189) was separated into its upper and lower sections. The upper
section could slide on the pulley shaft, causing the v-groove belt to
wander, I initially thought this was part of the design. Now that I
have eliminated all the other possibilities, I think the pulley must
have separated, and that is the cause of the loss of drive. If that is
correct, it amazes me that this part could separate, it appears to be
made out of stamped thin metal (the idler pulleys are plastic!).
Question is: Is the engine pulley a single piece, or was it meant to
separate? Is this the likely cause of the problem?

Thanks,

John


No wonder the first two owners sold it. Did you hit a 10" stick ? No - it
shouldn't split.

PS, I also posted this in the Craftman tractor group, but it has very
low activity.

Craftman loss of power Model 944.600811
 

Srgnt Billko wrote:
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Hi all,

First post, really need some advice here.

I have the 22hp, 46" cut electric start lawn tractor purchased in
2000, I'm the third owner. Was cutting the lawn with the catcher on,
there was a lot of stress on the mower when the drive cut-out. I
suspected a slipped belt/idle pulley problem--that was not it. I
pushed the thing back and checked out the transmission
and made all the factory adjustments. The tranny is fine, all is at
factory specs. In the process I noticed that the engine pulley
(#140189) was separated into its upper and lower sections. The upper
section could slide on the pulley shaft, causing the v-groove belt to
wander, I initially thought this was part of the design. Now that I
have eliminated all the other possibilities, I think the pulley must
have separated, and that is the cause of the loss of drive. If that
is correct, it amazes me that this part could separate, it appears
to be made out of stamped thin metal (the idler pulleys are
plastic!). Question is: Is the engine pulley a single piece, or was
it meant to separate? Is this the likely cause of the problem?

Thanks,

John


No wonder the first two owners sold it. Did you hit a 10" stick ? No
- it shouldn't split.

Am I ever gonna live that one down,
It was the blades not the mower, sigh...
Clark.

PS, I also posted this in the Craftman tractor group, but it has very
low activity.

Craftman loss of power Model 944.600811
 

"Clark" wrote in message
...
Srgnt Billko wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi all,

First post, really need some advice here.

I have the 22hp, 46" cut electric start lawn tractor purchased in
2000, I'm the third owner. Was cutting the lawn with the catcher on,
there was a lot of stress on the mower when the drive cut-out. I
suspected a slipped belt/idle pulley problem--that was not it. I
pushed the thing back and checked out the transmission
and made all the factory adjustments. The tranny is fine, all is at
factory specs. In the process I noticed that the engine pulley
(#140189) was separated into its upper and lower sections. The upper
section could slide on the pulley shaft, causing the v-groove belt to
wander, I initially thought this was part of the design. Now that I
have eliminated all the other possibilities, I think the pulley must
have separated, and that is the cause of the loss of drive. If that
is correct, it amazes me that this part could separate, it appears
to be made out of stamped thin metal (the idler pulleys are
plastic!). Question is: Is the engine pulley a single piece, or was
it meant to separate? Is this the likely cause of the problem?

Thanks,

John


No wonder the first two owners sold it. Did you hit a 10" stick ? No
- it shouldn't split.

Am I ever gonna live that one down,
It was the blades not the mower, sigh...
Clark.

The blages ? I thought it was unaminous that we decided it was the driver
chuckle


PS, I also posted this in the Craftman tractor group, but it has very
low activity.

Craftman loss of power Model 944.600811
 

Srgnt Billko said:

"Clark" wrote in message
...

Srgnt Billko wrote:

No wonder the first two owners sold it. Did you hit a 10" stick ? No
- it shouldn't split.

Am I ever gonna live that one down,
It was the blades not the mower, sigh...
Clark.

The blages ? I thought it was unaminous that we decided it was the driver
chuckle


HEH.

--

Eggs

- If I went 'round, saying I was an emperor, just because some moistened
bink had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

Craftman loss of power Model 944.600811
 

Srgnt Billko wrote:
"Clark" wrote in message
...
Srgnt Billko wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi all,

First post, really need some advice here.

I have the 22hp, 46" cut electric start lawn tractor purchased in
2000, I'm the third owner. Was cutting the lawn with the catcher
on, there was a lot of stress on the mower when the drive cut-out.
I suspected a slipped belt/idle pulley problem--that was not it. I
pushed the thing back and checked out the transmission
and made all the factory adjustments. The tranny is fine, all is at
factory specs. In the process I noticed that the engine pulley
(#140189) was separated into its upper and lower sections. The
upper section could slide on the pulley shaft, causing the
v-groove belt to wander, I initially thought this was part of the
design. Now that I have eliminated all the other possibilities, I
think the pulley must have separated, and that is the cause of the
loss of drive. If that is correct, it amazes me that this part
could separate, it appears to be made out of stamped thin metal
(the idler pulleys are plastic!). Question is: Is the engine
pulley a single piece, or was it meant to separate? Is this the
likely cause of the problem? Thanks,

John


No wonder the first two owners sold it. Did you hit a 10" stick ?
No - it shouldn't split.

Am I ever gonna live that one down,
It was the blades not the mower, sigh...
Clark.

The blages ? I thought it was unaminous that we decided it was the
driver chuckle

yea that too. grin.

Clark



PS, I also posted this in the Craftman tractor group, but it has
very low activity.

Craftman loss of power Model 944.600811
 

on 9/3/2007 10:52 AM said the following:
Hi all,

First post, really need some advice here.

I have the 22hp, 46" cut electric start lawn tractor purchased in
2000, I'm the third owner. Was cutting the lawn with the catcher on,
there was a lot of stress on the mower when the drive cut-out. I
suspected a slipped belt/idle pulley problem--that was not it. I
pushed the thing back and checked out the transmission
and made all the factory adjustments. The tranny is fine, all is at
factory specs. In the process I noticed that the engine pulley
(#140189) was separated into its upper and lower sections. The upper
section could slide on the pulley shaft, causing the v-groove belt to
wander, I initially thought this was part of the design. Now that I
have eliminated all the other possibilities, I think the pulley must
have separated, and that is the cause of the loss of drive. If that is
correct, it amazes me that this part could separate, it appears to be
made out of stamped thin metal (the idler pulleys are plastic!).
Question is: Is the engine pulley a single piece, or was it meant to
separate? Is this the likely cause of the problem?

Thanks,

John

PS, I also posted this in the Craftman tractor group, but it has very
low activity.



No, it shouldn't have separated. It was probably two pieces to begin
with and spot welded together to form the pulley. Can it be removed?
If so, get a new pulley, or have someone (or you) drill holes through
each half and steel rivet or bolt the two halves together, or have the
two halves welded together .

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

Craftman loss of power Model 944.600811
 

On Sep 4, 12:17 pm, willshak wrote:
on 9/3/2007 10:52 AM said the following:





Hi all,

First post, really need some advice here.

I have the 22hp, 46" cut electric start lawn tractor purchased in
2000, I'm the third owner. Was cutting the lawn with the catcher on,
there was a lot of stress on the mower when the drive cut-out. I
suspected a slipped belt/idle pulley problem--that was not it. I
pushed the thing back and checked out the transmission
and made all the factory adjustments. The tranny is fine, all is at
factory specs. In the process I noticed that the engine pulley
(#140189) was separated into its upper and lower sections. The upper
section could slide on the pulley shaft, causing the v-groove belt to
wander, I initially thought this was part of the design. Now that I
have eliminated all the other possibilities, I think the pulley must
have separated, and that is the cause of the loss of drive. If that is
correct, it amazes me that this part could separate, it appears to be
made out of stamped thin metal (the idler pulleys are plastic!).
Question is: Is the engine pulley a single piece, or was it meant to
separate? Is this the likely cause of the problem?

Thanks,

John

PS, I also posted this in the Craftman tractor group, but it has very
low activity.

No, it shouldn't have separated. It was probably two pieces to begin
with and spot welded together to form the pulley. Can it be removed?
If so, get a new pulley, or have someone (or you) drill holes through
each half and steel rivet or bolt the two halves together, or have the
two halves welded together .

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I was able to remove the piece. Locked the shaft using a small pipe
wrench, shaft bolt came right out, pulley practically fell off. If I
had a welder I might have tried a fix, but it was unevenly worn, and a
new piece is $36CDN, not to bad.

John