HI YA! new member with 185 Lo-boy mower question
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 5:57 pm
Just wanted to say hello.
I'm in southern Ohio area.
Bought me a beat up 185 last spring (2011) and bush hogged 4 acres of grass that had not been cut for 3 years immediately with the old girl. She bogged a few times but got the job done.
Then I maintained my 5 acres with her for the rest of the summer. She never missed a lick.
This spring I had to file my points and clean my cap & rotor because she woke up missing badly after sitting in the garage all winter ( had her full of sea-foamed gas for storage). Threw in a set of new plugs too and mowed the place with zero issues.
Well I decided to tighten the left side belt on my belly mower as she was kinda sloppy all last summer compared to the right side.
Of course after I did this, the old girl mowed about 15 minutes with no problem & then threw the darn belt I had just adjusted. The belt was pretty ragged anyway & I was surprised it lasted all last summer from the heavy mowing.
Belt is not broke, just has the cable coming out of the inside and now won't stay on no matter the adjustment.
I'm not sure what kind of mower this has. Doesn't look to be a Woods to me.Says IH in a square sticker on it on both sides with a thin white stripe under it. Uses 3 belts instead of one big one. I'm wondering what the procedure is for changing out the bad belt and adjusting it. Looks like the 3 blade pulley's on the deck are held in place with 4 bolts each in slots. Of course I need to remove the drive pulley coming off the PTO to swap out the left pulley. PTO pulley is on top of the middle blade 3 pulley setup - then left side in middle slot, then right side in bottom slot.
Do I loosen the middle pulley to remove the PTO belt so I can get to the side blade pulley belt?
Any certain order to follow to remove and then re-adjust?
Any advice on where to buy the replacement belt or what brand?
Thanks in advance for all input.
I'll take a few pics in the morning and post them. Don't laugh.......she's not a beauty queen but she does the job. Planning on dolling her up when I get time.
Again HELLO & THANKS!
I'm in southern Ohio area.
Bought me a beat up 185 last spring (2011) and bush hogged 4 acres of grass that had not been cut for 3 years immediately with the old girl. She bogged a few times but got the job done.
Then I maintained my 5 acres with her for the rest of the summer. She never missed a lick.
This spring I had to file my points and clean my cap & rotor because she woke up missing badly after sitting in the garage all winter ( had her full of sea-foamed gas for storage). Threw in a set of new plugs too and mowed the place with zero issues.
Well I decided to tighten the left side belt on my belly mower as she was kinda sloppy all last summer compared to the right side.
Of course after I did this, the old girl mowed about 15 minutes with no problem & then threw the darn belt I had just adjusted. The belt was pretty ragged anyway & I was surprised it lasted all last summer from the heavy mowing.
Belt is not broke, just has the cable coming out of the inside and now won't stay on no matter the adjustment.
I'm not sure what kind of mower this has. Doesn't look to be a Woods to me.Says IH in a square sticker on it on both sides with a thin white stripe under it. Uses 3 belts instead of one big one. I'm wondering what the procedure is for changing out the bad belt and adjusting it. Looks like the 3 blade pulley's on the deck are held in place with 4 bolts each in slots. Of course I need to remove the drive pulley coming off the PTO to swap out the left pulley. PTO pulley is on top of the middle blade 3 pulley setup - then left side in middle slot, then right side in bottom slot.
Do I loosen the middle pulley to remove the PTO belt so I can get to the side blade pulley belt?
Any certain order to follow to remove and then re-adjust?
Any advice on where to buy the replacement belt or what brand?
Thanks in advance for all input.
I'll take a few pics in the morning and post them. Don't laugh.......she's not a beauty queen but she does the job. Planning on dolling her up when I get time.
Again HELLO & THANKS!