Snapper Belt

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Moderator Post: > I am guessing by Handyman on 06/23/2009

I had the same problem. If you did it like I did it, you may have the small idler pulley between the two side of the belt. If you're sitting on the mower, the small idler pulley should set to the left of the left side of the belt. This way the guides never touch the belt and when the lever is pulled to engage, the small pulley will be pulled against it to create tension on the belt and engage the large deck pulley. When the blade is not engaged, the belt should be super loose so that it doesn't move at all and the blade doesn't spin. Going from an old belt to a new one, it's naturally going to be shorter/tighter than the old one was, so you may have to loosen the clamp on the backbone of the mower, brace the rear and push against it to shorten the mower until you have enough tension on the belt when it's engaged and little enough on it when it's not so it doesn't spin.