The rear double pulley does set at a slight angle up to the mule drive. The rear of the pulley should be just above the deck and the front should sits about 1/4 inch high. I would recommend you have someone actually measure this as I'm going from memory as I sold mine last year.
47" Deck pulley angle question w/ pics
Is the main double pulley on a 47" deck supposed to be level with all the other deck pullies or pitched towards the PTO? Full story below:
I acquired a '79 212 a couple weeks ago, my first JD and first real garden tractor. I got it delivered to me with a 47" deck for $275 and i was pretty excited about it. It runs perfect, but the older gentleman i bought from explained how they only used it to pull a trailer on their ranch for the last 18 yrs because it "kept throwing and ruining PTO belts." (BTW, don't worry, a seat is on the way)
I immediatly noticed a substantial rock wedged in deep in an idler pulley and thought that was simply what the issue was. When i was giving the deck a quick restore job over the weekend i noticed that the main drive pulley was digging into the deck and was sitting at a pretty ridiculous angle, cocked up towards the PTO region.
I flipped the deck over and realized that there had been a super sloppy fix to re-mount the spindle sleeve and the weld was awful and the sleeve was not even close to straight. I ground the plate off and re welded the sleeve to the plate so that it would sit level with all the other deck pullies. I remounted the plate to the deck with 4 grade 8, 1/4" bolts so that i could adjust height and angles later if i needed to.
I hooked it all up and it ran perfectly with the deck in the raised position, but would near instantly pop the drive belt off at the main. I tried varying belt tensions with near identical results. The belt is defiinitely not in great condition and could simply be rolling off, but i need to know if i need to adjust the pulley angle before i destroy a new belt.
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I acquired a '79 212 a couple weeks ago, my first JD and first real garden tractor. I got it delivered to me with a 47" deck for $275 and i was pretty excited about it. It runs perfect, but the older gentleman i bought from explained how they only used it to pull a trailer on their ranch for the last 18 yrs because it "kept throwing and ruining PTO belts." (BTW, don't worry, a seat is on the way)
I immediatly noticed a substantial rock wedged in deep in an idler pulley and thought that was simply what the issue was. When i was giving the deck a quick restore job over the weekend i noticed that the main drive pulley was digging into the deck and was sitting at a pretty ridiculous angle, cocked up towards the PTO region.
I flipped the deck over and realized that there had been a super sloppy fix to re-mount the spindle sleeve and the weld was awful and the sleeve was not even close to straight. I ground the plate off and re welded the sleeve to the plate so that it would sit level with all the other deck pullies. I remounted the plate to the deck with 4 grade 8, 1/4" bolts so that i could adjust height and angles later if i needed to.
I hooked it all up and it ran perfectly with the deck in the raised position, but would near instantly pop the drive belt off at the main. I tried varying belt tensions with near identical results. The belt is defiinitely not in great condition and could simply be rolling off, but i need to know if i need to adjust the pulley angle before i destroy a new belt.
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while I am sure you will get the belt problem fixed!
that is one **** of a deal for 275$ DELIVERED! (I would have charged 275 just to deliver :fing32
wow! best of luck with it!
that is one **** of a deal for 275$ DELIVERED! (I would have charged 275 just to deliver :fing32
wow! best of luck with it!
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