Chat room (let's chat!) šŸ’¬ (Part 1)

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4791

@Oldjoints package arrived safe and sound , tho I did drop a few on the floor . That was an adventure to find them , its definitely easier to get down than up off your knees on a tile floor

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4792

Yup, its from @Oldjoints ā€¦ I had a conversation about the seed packaging with him, I love it because it recycles / repurposes old street side election / junk signs :slight_smile:

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4793

good evening everyone!! :pray: :hugs:

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4794

Hey howā€™s it going

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4795

Whats the trick to put a tensioner pulley spring on a mower , I canā€™t hardly stretch the dang spring at all.

Anyone got any advice, tips or tricks lol

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4796

w/o the belt installed - correct ??

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4797

@Donnie you have vicegrips?

4798

Belts still on the spring broke on me the other day , so I got the replacement spring today . Iā€™m not mechanically incline by any means lol I tried to stretch that dad gum spring and it barely moved

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4799

Iā€™m not sure vice grips will help thats an awful long stretch to the connector. I could probably attach my belt loop to the spring and it wouldnā€™t budge lol

4800

This might help you.

4801

i would move the belt off the pulley, install the spring, then re- install the belt

  • the leverage point for the belt is much easier to move vs hitting that spring hole with belt installedā€¦

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4802

I was afraid to remove the belt and not be able to get it back on

4803

What type of mower is it?

4804

Good evening to you!

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4805

Yeah those are smaller springs lol ans Iā€™m not replacing the tensioner pulley just the spring. Herea the old spring.

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So Iā€™m guessing as @rootfarmer said ill probably have to remove the belt

4806

Not according to the 3rd video link I posted for you @Donnie . What is the model of the mower?

4807

This is a big dog 60" cut zero turn mower

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4808

Does it look like the one in this clip which is the BigDog Alpha? Looks like its a brute force job. Hook on one side and muscle the other into place. If you remove the belt first you may have a real hard time putting it back on with so much tension.

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4809

Looks exactly like that

4810

Was hoping to avoid taking it in to the shop but looks like I may have too