Good afternoon, I have a 1450 that I’m using with a tiller. The issue is the original belt broke. 7/16 x 145. I can’t seem to find one. Bought a 1/2 x 145. It keeps jumping off. Any ideas or has anyone ran into same issue?
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1450 belt issue
- Thread starter Kile Zerr
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2 things you can do.
1. Change the mule drive pulleys to 1/2" pulleys to accept the wider belt.
2. Buy this kit
https://www.ccspecialties.org/belts.html
www.ccspecialties.org will have what you need or want.
Ref:
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IH-59690-C3
Ratchet, Idler
This part replaces IH-59690-C2.
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IH-59690-C3
Ratchet, Idler
This part replaces IH-59690-C2.
nice part number
Email me and send some pics, there's got to be a reason.
I'm sure glad you did as I asked ya to do!
Won’t stay true.
Guess it really don’t make any sense. With the longer belt (146”) I couldn’t get enough tension. And with the one that cam with pulleys I could get is loose enough. I ran the longer belt first just to make sure everything was working before I put new belt on
Kile, you might think I'm a bit nuts but I've seen this too many times..A belt gets ripped apart and a few pieces stay in the pulley which throws everything out of balance.Last yr I had one that a piece of wood was stuck in a pulley..Something we wouldn't normally look for..
I will double check it
When properly adjusted with the correct belt the pulleys should be straight across from one another.
Are you sure you have the correct belt AND pulleys?
From where I sit, it looks as though either the belt is too small or the pulley is too large/wide and the adjustable one is slanted too far back indicating that it needs to be adjusted some to come into alignment with the left one.
Are you sure you have the correct belt AND pulleys?
From where I sit, it looks as though either the belt is too small or the pulley is too large/wide and the adjustable one is slanted too far back indicating that it needs to be adjusted some to come into alignment with the left one.
mgonitzke
Well-known member
Lot of issues here...first is that you can't use a 44"/50" mule drive on a tiller without straightening the pulley brackets. They are bent slightly because the center pulley on those decks is offset to one side. The belt needs to be tightened a lot, and it appears those idler pulleys might be for a 5/8" belt, not 3/8".
They are 1/2" pulleys from this kit that I've sold over 200 of in the last 2 years with perfect results.
