[lmiller418]

I have a JD 210, which I got last year, have replaced all the belts on the deck side. Rebuilt the carb. At the end of the season the drive belt popped. Ok got a replacement from the john deere place where I got all my parts from different mowers I have had. Issue now is the new drive belt has a lot of slack in it. Did the varaitor adjustment, now the varaitor does not work in any position. The varaitor sping I can seem to locate, # 14 and 15 in diagram. Will run, and mow, jerky in gear. Nursing it through till I can get this fixed. New assistance on what I am missing........Thanks

 

[HeyYou]

Which drive belt? Is the new belt too long?

 

[lmiller418]

I got the rear drive belt from John deere. The secondary pully moves up freely with no tension on it. plus I did the viratior moves freely and no engagement. There seems to be no tension on the rear one. I did the clutch adjustment on it. no difference. jumped off mowing once and had to put it back on

 

[rhenning]

There is supposed to be a spring (#14) on the rear pulley so the it is pulling down. My other advice is when working on a variator JD always replace both belts at the same time. Roger

 

[lmiller418]

I will see about a spring I could not find one. may have to get one if missing.

 

[PA318Guy]

Check to see that the sliding pulley on the variator (#4) is changing position based on belt tension. Is should move smoothly left and right and not hang up. If it doesn't, normally a drop or two of oil or some graphite on the shaft will lube it enough to work correctly.

 

[lmiller418]

all I can tell you is the variator level moves and does not make a difference. In the drive belt there is a lot of slack.

 

[SillyTractorFace]

I have a JD 210, which I got last year, have replaced all the belts on the deck side. Rebuilt the carb. At the end of the season the drive belt popped. Ok got a replacement from the john deere place where I got all my parts from different mowers I have had. Issue now is the new drive belt has a lot of slack in it. Did the varaitor adjustment, now the varaitor does not work in any position. The varaitor sping I can seem to locate, # 14 and 15 in diagram. Will run, and mow, jerky in gear. Nursing it through till I can get this fixed. New assistance on what I am missing........Thanks

There is a spring on part (11) that holds the idler down on the secondary drive belt(belt on the rear trans.) My 216 tends to throw the spring off quite frequently. Which causes the tractor to tug and surge. You can hear the idler bumping against the fender pan when you move the tractor, and is a good indicator the spring is no longer attached.

 

[HeyYou]

If there is no tension on the secondary belt, the variator simply isn't going to work.