TroyBilt Horse Riding Lawn Tractor Drive Belt Replacement 

Great job Dan. I feel more comfortable being able to DIY’ing this. Thanks!!

Hey Buddy, thanks for the vid! You killed it! Great job for a first timer. Your video was just what I needed. My belt cost $79.29 with the Cdn HST included. I got it from Fern's Golf Carts, a local shop. Now I gotta get out there and get my hands dirty...

Excellent explanation

nice work, thanks

Awesome vid!

Just as a reminder: at least for my TB mower the drive belt is 754-0467, BUT stay with the Troy Bilt brand. Why? Because some of the "generic" brands will not work well. The last one I tried was an improper fit can caused WAY TOO much resistance and work for the drive shaft.

Thanks for being one of several videos I viewed making this a shade tree DIY. Not the easiest task when you are mid-seventies, but got 'er done.

Those two guards seem tight...how did you get the belt thru? Did you loosen one of them?

Helpful video / world's crappiest audio

Good job demonstrating. Next time you record make sure to turn your mic volume up. I could barely hear you through most of it.

Great info and video, but the audio was low and cutting out at times. You did good on your first try

from watching you i put the belt on fan side first too.....and yeah the tangs there bend really easy probably on purpose?

Made mowing so much easier...

This video Helped me out a lot! Thank you for sharing! Let me see what other useful info you have on your channel☺️😊

How did you get the fan pulley nut off of it? I have tried and mine will not break lose.

Glade i didn't buy one! he hee but i did get a lemon on the Craftsman T 140, The transmission belt kept jumping threw the belt guard on the pully! IDK HOW IN THE WORLD IT CAN DO IT? Its a mystery! i check the idler pullies out. tension spring all looks good. Its a new riding lawn mower that 6 months old. I can't take it back to them. 30 day warranty But it still keeps jumping out of the belt guard, and it close to the pully. 🤪 So i parked it and use my dependable Pony. I'll work on it a cooler day

Thank you Dan for the video, (my wife won't help me push the tractor, LOL). I have a question, maybe you can help me, Coincidentally, I recently changed the drive belt and I don't know if that will be the cause of my problem, I have a Troy bilt pony (2011), now I can only control the speed with the throttle lever, even when I put it in rabbit mode the motor goes at high rpm, but the ground speed is about half the normal speed; the (yellow on mine) speed control lever doesn’t work, it goes up and down without locking the notches, offers no resistance and does nothing. (however, the engaging of the parking brake action works fine). I opened up the mower and saw the yellow speed control lever attached to a connecting rod which is attached down there to the cupped metal piece in the correct position as the new Troy Bilt Pony I saw yesterday at Home Depot, but besides allowing to be put in in park position, I don’t see it attached to anything else, is it right? How does it regulate the speed if it is not connected to anything else? Thank you in advance.

Thanks for this video.. saved me a lot of time/$$.. happy holidays!

Hello, this is a very educational video. I just bought a Troy Built Bronco. 20 hp courage, 42" cut. Garage kept. Very nice mower. But it seems like it is going faster in reverse than in forward drive. I was thinking of starting with the drive belt. Would really appreciate any insight on this issue.

I know I am late watching your vids, so I am playing catch up. You guys knocked this out of the park. I would love to drive this to my local car show and to Somerset Kentucky in the summer for theirs.

I don't have an impact wrench. There is no way to hold the crappy plastic fan in place without breaking it.

Someone help, I cannot get the front pulley loosened so that I can lower it and put the new belt on. I use device grips but those don't grip tight enough for how tight this thing is on there, how did he use an impact wrench, why didn't the pulley turn???

I was giving a 46in horse troy bilt i got ot running then i tried to remove the deck to put a belt back on but i removed the pins and springs but didnt see where thay removed from please help i have most replaced but i have a big spring im not sure of

My riding mower would not go up hills. A guy fixed it but the problem is back. He put a new belt on. Is there an adjustment to make it work to get tighter tension? Or do I need a new tensor spring

You don’t need to take off the fan nut, If you’re willing to take the deck off and stand the tractor on end. I was able to hand turn the pulley and push the belt in between the guards. Great video man!!! Big help!

Great video lot of info before I started thanks. 7-21-2022

Can’t remove the pulley crankshaft!

Need to turn your volume up

Hey man is this the upper or lower belt drive im looking up the belt but it shows upper and lower? I need to replace the one that goes to the gas pedal

y troy bilt horse has a upper drive bely that attaches to the to the fan under the battery compartment

How do you keep the front pulley from spinning when you loosen the bolt?

Can't hardly hear him.

the sound is bad ,can't hear

Can't hear .

Put some boots on !!!

Great video . But I can not hear you.

Left or Right hand thread on the driveshaft? I have basically the same tractor....

The video may have helped folks that have had a riding mower for a while. However, this is my first riding mower and the video was way over my head. Way too much left un explained and nothing real helpful for the "newbie" Good Luck for the rest of the guys.

Dan.. do i need to drain the oil before lifting the lawnmower up or on it's side?

1 second ago Just figured out an easy way to remove hydrostatic transmission fan so you can get the belt off much easier. Take out the four bolts that build the body to the axle, put long 5/16 or quarter inch bolts in their place. Put a bottle jack under the trailer hitch Lift the body up in about an inch to an inch and a half and the fan will slide right off of the shaft.

Good video ---- BUT there is ALOT more to this than what you showed. You much have had all that apart before - I almost never got the blot out of the front pulley ---- ON VERY TIGHT --- used pull handle and regular socket - no need for deep well - they slip off too easy - reg. socket better - ++++ a brushing ? came off of top of pulley as it came all the way out. ++++ taking the fan nut off was hard too as it turned - had to hold it with c-clamp ------ not back on yet -- DOES GIVE A GOOD OVERVIEW OF THE JOB whatever someone in town wants to charge to do this IT IS CHEAP AND WELL WORTH PAYING SOMEONE ELSE TO DO LOL

Great video man. Really well done. My only suggestion would be to get a lapel mike for when you are talking and working so we can hear you better. Welcome aboard the RU-vid train!

Good job ,,nice tools ,,great mechanic

Wrench will not get the pulley/hydro bolt off, keeps spinning

Can't hear sound

Your video help me a lot thanks Man I have about 2 days trying to replace this belt. now I know how God bless you, I really apreciate this.

great video, i was wondering on my tb, the lower transmission belt has a lot of slack, is this normal? it doesn’t matter whether i press brake pedal or not

You sound like Kevin Sorbo

AWESOME video! Thank You SOOOO VERY Much for making and posting this video! it REALY helped me to change the transmission drive belt on my 1987 troy-bilt yard tractor.

Thank you

Thank you this was so helpful. My mower got stuck and spun the belt which got loose and stopped gripping the pulleys

Very good explanation!! Another good idea to do when the deck is off is to clean all the grass and debris from the top and bottom.. Deck fires do happen.. its not worth it to risk it.. I blow the whole tractor off after every mow.. sometimes in the middle of mowing.. it really helps a lot when doing jobs like this to have a clean working environment 😁👍🏼

A decent Video, good pointers, but the mark of a good mechanic is one who keeps cleans his work area as he goes. Dan just slaps the dirty cutting deck with all the old grass and crud laying there right in front of him to pulled up into the works when starts it. I realze the deck will get dirty again when its used, but really - a mite of time to blow it clean before he reassembles it.

Excellent cameraman excellent host. Very explanatory Thank you

its impossible to lower the pully enough or even access the bolt without first removing the cutting deck

This was a very informative video. My only suggestion is to please clear the dead grass of the deck before recording. Thanks

On my TB Super-Bronco: I had to loosen up the 3 bolts to the variable speed pulley assembly where the upper & lower belts run to get enough room to get the belts on / off. Also, instead of trying to take the heavy duty spring off (and back on) of the idler pulley for the upper belt, I rigged up a binder strap around the back of the tractor and compressed the spring that way to finish up the upper belt install. There's also a belt retainer screw & bushing that had to come off to get the old belt off, new one back on. It's accessible through a hole strategically drilled on the bottom 'skid' plate. Putting the mower deck back on was painful too until I shimmed up the front about 2", then was able to get the rear pins installed. All in all, what a pain to replace these belts, but I'm appreciative of this video, thanks.

Excellent explanation!

I enjoy mowing 2 times a year. The first time and the last time.

Speak up Dan, can't hear you!

One question.... Befor u took of the front pulley, did u drain the oil in the engine? I have a 2017 troybilt bronco and I have seen videos where ppl take that front pulley off with no oil coming out. If I take it off of mine oil starts leaking as soon as I turn the bolt few times. Am I missing something?

Great video but Audio is not good.

so i got the new belt on and tried it around the yard with no deck......works fine now and is quieter......i do have a few concerns though......its not completely quieter but that might be normal......it also smells like burning belt.....the question i have is i put the belt inside the 2 post on either side of the engine pulley and wondering if that is correct?....maybe the belt goes outside of those posts?

Thank you thank you thank you!

did your new belt smell like it was burning when you first tried it?.......maybe a break-in period and it will eventually go away?

When you loosened and removed the bolt from the fan in back, the bolt didn't move. Mine just keeps turning. Is yours a hydrostatic like mine? How do I stop the stud from turning?

haha i found a circlip under the tractor when repairing it and knew it belonged but where was the question.....couldn't find out where it went until.......while cutting the lawn i lost all movement......no reverse no forward......the linkage for the transmission fell out of its hole.....lol......all fixed

100% answered a couple questions I had about doing the drive belt on my Hydro horse. Thank you much!

What length belt is this I used 83 and the brake wont go up again

that seems easier than my XP Horse with the fan......that bar above the fan is located almost directly over the 3/4 nut on my model......makes it so i cant use a deep socket or any kind of socket for that matter......if i use a short socket the threads that the nut is screwed onto are protruding too far to use a short socket......will have to figure out how to bend out the tangs i guess then bend them back and you must know there is no room in that compartment to do anything.......maybe ill just rip the belt out without bending tangs and then jam the new belt in under that fan with a blunt chisel.....a simple job aint no simple job where im at.....

Hi Dan, do you know how to put a new fan on without lowering the transmission?

Great video! Is the horse and bronco the same?

Why in the world would you have a riding lawn mower for a lawn that tiny 🤣😂

This is an outstanding video and all the work you have done. Is there anyway I can contact you and ask you a question. I will add the description of my problem and see if I get any feedback. I have a new version of that mower and I have had nothing but problems with it. The good part is it always starts and runs fine And drive the mower very smooth at all speeds. No surging or vibrations anywhere. However,..as soon as I engage the deck the vibrations rattle the entire mower, and worse at high speeds. When I engage the Drive forward it will cut fine and pretty smooth except for the vibration of the deck. It seems the deck is not rigid from side To side and floats. This allows for a lot of vibration. When the mower is moving and the engine is running at medium speed the motor sounds fine. However the cutting deck “Surges” up and down in speed. There is no change in the drive speed,..just the deck. The change is constantly going up And down in speed. I took it to the warranty service center and they took a week to check it out and replaced the deck belt But could not find anything else wrong with it. If I have your correct email address I could send you a video of the problem And hopefully you could help. Bud

Good work buddy. Sound is iffy, but that’s to be expected. You can get a better set up when those sweet, sweet RU-vid bucks start flowing in.

Troy bilts are terrible. Nothing but a headache

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Helpful video but the low volume is a real issue.