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MY 62 Toro W/b snapped the belt and no place is open tomorrow and i need to use the machine..I ducked taped it.. Drilled a hole on each side threw the tape and belt and sewed it toghter with alot of thread wrapped it once more and drilled another hole further out sewed it again and wrapped it again I know this sounds stupid but im not push mowing 3 acres.. my 48 and my 32 are down aswell.. lol bad week.. Im hopping it works I think I would have better luck if it was a manual clutch but its electric.. humph!! Anyone ever done this before? or what were your creative ways of fixing belts temporary till you could go buy one,, I cant be the only one

If it works ill do a small write up with pics

Now that im thinking more. I wonder If i could have drilled 2 holes and used a masterlink from a bike chain and taped it.. wish me luck
 
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I think you are going to need A LOT of luck.


That belt probably is not tight enough to do much mowing when the grass gets thick.
 
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You should be able to get a belt that works at a Farm supply store, Lowes, Home Depot, any auto parts store, etc. Just measure the belt and determine if it is A or B width (most likely B) Your fix will not last, sorry. Too much tension on that belt.
 
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No but an engine to hydro belt broke the other day for the first time in 5-6 years that we've had the mower, fortunately we had the replacement ...
Yes, in the truck, obviously someone must have known for some time that it would go but no running back to the shop, you want to talk sweet relief!
1,500 pound mower, when the hydro belt goes it's dead in the water (or in this case, the lawn).
We could have pushed it out to the trailer and come-alonged it up the ramp, but nobody wanted to do that.
Still cost us close to an hour ...
Could have been much worse.

But it was the first time we'd ever done that belt so nobody was sure, beyond pulling the clutch loose, what to do...
The old one came off easy enough, the problem was which pulley needed loosening for to tension the new one?
We couldn't tell and in someone's yard, with all sorts of tools.

So we never released the tensioner pulley but used a tire spoon to wedge the new one on, put it all back together, works like a champ.

Patriot Services said:
Lesson learned, keep spares.
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Yes sir, already ordered up the spares (2) for the one that broke.
Like you said, don't find yourself without that belt.
 
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A toolbox should ALWAYS have --

Duct Tape
Baling twine/wire - Irrigation flags work well here
Big hammer
more Duct tape - this can even be color matched for ??
Welder and/or cutting torches (if you have to ask then just of #1 )
Big massive adjustable wrench - can even be substituted for a hammer
WD-40
Oh, more duct tape - because you never know!!!

:laugh::laugh::laugh:
 
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I think he had to push mow...odds were stacked against him from the get go. I broke a hydro belt Friday...knew it was going so I had a spare. As I'm taking it off to replace I notice the tension spring has been stretched and yielded...can't get a spring until late this week. I'm going to have to find a similar spring to rig it up until the OE part comes in.
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cgaengineer said:
I think he had to push mow...odds were stacked against him from the get go. I broke a hydro belt Friday...knew it was going so I had a spare. As I'm taking it off to replace I notice the tension spring has been stretched and yielded...can't get a spring until late this week. I'm going to have to find a similar spring to rig it up until the OE part comes in.
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I think I got a tension spring from tractor supply that worked as well as oem.
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2ExploreTech said:
A toolbox should ALWAYS have --

Duct Tape
Baling twine/wire - Irrigation flags work well here
Big hammer
more Duct tape - this can even be color matched for ??
Welder and/or cutting torches (if you have to ask then just of #1 )
Big massive adjustable wrench - can even be substituted for a hammer
WD-40
Oh, more duct tape - because you never know!!!

:laugh::laugh::laugh:
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add a few pieces of that electrical heat-shrink wrap to that list....I've fixed a fuel line with that stuff in a pinch (and duct tape for good measure) and it actually worked really well!
 
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Bashby said:
I think I got a tension spring from tractor supply that worked as well as oem.
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Thanks, I'll check them out tomorrow!
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