[QUICK FIX!] Craftsman riding mower belt replacement and deck leveling 

I have a 90's LT just like this in silver. Belt failed in a big way a few days ago. When kevlar lets go, it goes! Somehow the left side idler pulley and bracket got thrown 180 out of position. When I put the new belt on today, it was way to slack. I watched your video to see that my pulley was all catywhampus. Took it off and turned it right, now its working right as rain! Thank you for posting this! Excellent reference!

Thanks for making this video. It was very helpful how you explained what you were doing and then showed how you did it, like when you measured the two sides of the deck. Anybody can read the instructions, but I find it helpful to see how you actually DO what they say to do. So thank you for that! I hope you have more videos on how to fix stuff - I need a lot of help! Thanks!

I ran my business with this mower for 2 years what a beast it was!

Great video had belt changed and running again in 1/2 hour thx

In the past, I have dropped the deck on an old piece of carpet. Pulling on the carpet makes it easier to slide out.

I have a 2005 Craftsman LT1000 and I don't remove the deck to change the deck drive belt. I take off the cover over the left spindle to do this.

Thank you.

Love it brother keep going

Gotta get the gauge wheels because it cuts like garbage without them. It made a huge difference in cut quality after I added the gauge wheels.

he is a mechanic

I have a craftsman t1200 the belt keeps jumping off can’t figure out what the problem is sometimes it will allow me to mow awhile before jumping off but I have to mow with the deck lever on 3 if I try to mow on anything lower will pop off or if I raise or lower deck it will come off any ideas what problem could be

Is there any way to adjust the tension in the belts?

how did ya get the tension off the belt to get it on the front pulley ?

Do u gotta drop the deck?

What about belt tension???? Tensioner, how does that hook up?!

Who makes that craftsman ride one

Can this be done without removing the mower deck?

What size belt is it?!

Did not show removal of the actuator cable, which you need to remove to get deck out from under mower.

you dont have to take the deck off

No springs?

Is this a 96” belt or a 65”?

Hardest part was figuring out how to disconnect cable from frame and spring/hook. I think I failed to to replace clip on spring/shaft connection and it may have caused the first belt to fail. Finally saw hole for clip in top of shaft that hook goes over! Video kind of skips over that part of installation. Otherwise, definitely made the job almost easy. Not rocket science!!🤦🤣🤣🤣🤣

Not sure that was particularly helpful. At the beginning it was a whirlwind of pulling clips of pins. But, which clips, which pins. Eventually it seemed you have to remove the mower deck, but that was not obvious!

you don't have to pull a deck to replace a blade belt. That is a 2 minute job.

you don't have to remove the deck to replace the belt. Just a waste of time

Can this be done without pulling out the mower deck?