John Deere LA145 Mower Drive Belt Removal NOTE! You do not HAVE to remove pulley. Maybe See below
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How to remove drive belt on the John Deere LA100 series mowers. NOTE- Bryan's comment below is somewhat correct. Once you have the belt loose and retaining tabs removed you can slip it over clutch pulley if you already have it over rear pulley. Problem is, that is a little iffy. It is a tight fit so be careful bending the fan blades.
Thanks for the video! My LA-145 quit yesterday in the middle of mowing. I smelled burnt rubber and figured the drive belt was at fault. I got the belt today and did the replacement as you showed, it went very well. My biggest problem was getting the mower deck back in place, but after some strong-arm tactics, all is well and I finished my mowing!
You saved my life. My transmission drive belt had jumped the track. Nothing in the Manual about it. What they call the drive belt is really the mower deck belt. All I needed to do was remove that "stud" from next to the back pulley. Didn't even need to jack it up or remove anything else.
Thank you You were the only one that showed the stud in back on the drive belt
Great video! The "little piece of metal sticking out that aligns with a groove" is a design method referred to as "keyed".
You are correct... too many TH-cam videos are guys saying a lot about nothing without solving anyone's issue.
OMG THANKYOU! There are so many people with videos on how to replace the drive belt, but they all seem to cover the obvious stuff. I would have never guessed that the little stud in the back unscrewed. I would preparing to take the fiberglass body off the mover and access the stud from the top. Same with the steering linkage. This is an easy job once you know all the little tricks, and your's is the only video that seems to cover it all. The toughest part of the entire job is really getting the various nuts loose. This takes a braker bar and in some cases a helper to hold things from moving, but hopefully the next time I have to replace the belt the grease I added to each nut will make it easier. By the way, I have a John Deere D130, but your hints still worked for me! Thank you so much for your video!
Great video! I did this repair over the weekend, only thing I did differently was to use an impact wrench to get the big bolt out of the PTO clutch. Worked perfectly. Thanks for the detailed steps and advice!
lindad402 this video was wrong you do not have to take your pto clutch out. Which you should have noticed after you did that or during. Just disconnect the clutch wires and bracket that’s the only thing that stops you from putting the belt around in that area. The steering and rear pin by pulley is correct though. This will save you a lot of time.
Good video... except for one step which is unnecessary. You didn't need to remove the PTO (Power Take Off) sheave (pulley) and clutch assembly. I just did this job last night (before finding this video!), and all you need to do is disconnect the electrical connector to the clutch, remove the plate with the belt retaining tabs (two 15mm bolts) and remove the little metal arm that maintains the clutch in position (the one at the end of your video). Once the belt is off of the transmission sheave and the idler pulleys, it can slip over the PTO sheave. Otherwise, everything else you showed is exactly right.
wow thanks!
That is the way i did mine, but change the spring while your under there or you will be back.
Is that correct?
@@hdrk59 Somewhat correct. You can do it that way, slip if off back first and then you do not need to remove PTO. Problem is, there is a fan (or at least should be, maybe his was missing) over transmission pulley and it is a tight fit. You will have to bend the blades to get belt off. Be careful when bending the fan blades.
Thanks for posting, this is going to be a big help as I'm going to change the drive belt along with the steering assembly. 8 years on an $1800 LA145 mowing 2+ acres, there's almost always something to fix on this thing. Thanks again!
You are right about always fixing something on these. After 8 years mine is pretty much shot and I stayed up on the maintenance for the most part. Had to replace the whole deck even.
Thank you!!! Bought a used John Deere la145 and it needed a little work including changing the belts, your video was an excellent guide for changing the drive belt. ❤
Great video. Short and to the point. This is a belt that is often forgotten as it is not visible as the deck belt. While i was checking a wiring problem, I found the belt and mine is shot. Thanks.
Excellent video & was very helpful on my L140 mower. The hard part for me was removing & replacing the guide pin at the transmission pulley. Also the old belt removed had like caterpillar tread on the inside of belt & I though the parts guy may have given the wrong belt, however every thing worked out good. Thanks
Hi Al, great explanation and thanks for doing this video.One easier way to hold the engine in place (without removing the fan grill and using a breaker bar) is to simply remove one sparkplug and stuff about 3 feet of 1/4 inch line into the cylinder space. I find this is sufficient to stop the engine from turning.
MAN, what a great video! I am in the midst of starting this on a 135 and have it jacked up and ready to go. I was ready to remove a WHOLE lot of unnecessary stuff. Thank you very much
Mine may be a little easier yet because of a manual PTO so its just a cable and may provide better access to put the belt on
May God bless you for sharing this. I watched another video from Daryl (very good ) but it was an older or different model than the one here. I had only watched part of this one, but the part about pulling the steering wheel shaft was very, very helpful. We did drop the pulleys off the engine, since I did not watch all of this. Getting the back belt guard/stud out was a real pain, I need to get a longer wrench or get a wrench head for a ratchet to get that thing out. But thank you, and thank God for helping us to get this done. I noticed one person commented on getting the pulleys off, and we had issues with that too. Tried using a pry bar and wouldn't budge them. Thank God again, I simply grabbed the pulley with my hand, putting pressure on both sides, and it came right off!
I have the same tractor didn't take off hardly anything for the main belt replacement. I lowered the deck slip belt over trans fan pulley first. The engine pulley had 2 guide pins with a bolts for adjustment. Just loosen the pins with bolts & replace the belt.
You must have a newer design. No guide pins on mine and I most certainly have to take off steering column.
Purchased ours around 2003 -05
@@HB-yq8gy Oh, so that's an older model. Be thankful it was much easier.
@@almetcalf I made a mistake I purchased it March 29th 2009! I think i paid like $2000 w tax. Now uses ones selling for like $800-900. Next tractor will used.
@@HB-yq8gy Mine is a 2008. So maybe they actually improved the design. Next time I'm at the John Deere place I'm going to check the new ones.
I just did mine today. Took me about 1:20. I probably spent 25 mins cleaning all the (15 years of grass build up) out of the frame, steering plate etc. Hardest part was the guide rod (stud) in the back and initially removing the clutch. My parking brake doesn't work so I strapped the pedal forward.
So, this is pretty good, but it appears that my La145 is different in that the belt guard towards the front isn’t a bolt-on guard, but integrated with the frame. I had to take out four bolts around the front pulley and “jack up” the engine about 3 inches on the backside in order to get the belt off the front spindle. Huge pain, but the rest of the instructions were great. Thanks!
My LA 135 is starting to act up and was wondering what's involved. Thanks for the soldier work.
Thank you so much ..finally a good video. Your correct so many wrong videos ...this one is correct and helpful.
thank you for the video I was not having any luck looking for instructions also the slot on the clutch shaft is called a keyway
Glad it helped and thanks for telling me what that slot is called.
All this to replace a belt!
Thanks alot john deere!
rayminthecat his way of doing it is harder than it really is and you do not have to take the clutch off at all.. the steering shaft yes the pin in the back and just disconnect the wires going to the clutch and the clutch bracket. Simple
Thank you for taking the time to video this! Very helpful!!!
hey man here's a tip take the hood off lift it using a chain hoist or come a long to lift the mower take the deck loose in the front it's so much easyer than having to lay on the ground that's how I do it but take the hood off they are very brittle and will cracked hope you like this tip u can do it how u like just trying to be helpful cheers
Thanks a lot for this video it helped me a lot I had my belt changed in no time.
Correct wrench size is 15 mm. the top of the pin has a hex fitting-5mm i think
Good video and thank you. Amazingly clean machine....any secrets there? I have saved your video and will re-visit you should I need more instructional. Thanks again.
So what pulley did you not have to take off? I see nothing different on yours than others I have watched.
This video was a tremendous help thank you!
Thank you SO much!
Who doesn't have an air compressor? Go to Harbor Freight, get a half inch air impact wrench, the $20 one will be good enough. No more barked knuckles. You can get a set of impact sockets if you wish, they will take the pounding better but a standard socket will work for all but the most demanding bolts. My 3/8 inch one got the 15 mm nuts off the small pulleys. It might not work on the crankshaft one though. However I have 1/2 inch one and an one inch for those very stubborn bolts, I even have an electric 1/2 one. People without an air compressor can use one of those.
Fixing to start this job. Great video.
Good stuff!! I've got every thing ready go...soooo your Vedio has really help! Thanks
Great video thanks for the straight forward info.
Almetcalf,
Awesome video and it has really helped me with the installation of my new drive belt, but I'm having an issue, and wondering if you could give me tips?
I installed my new drive belt starting at the rear of my mower. From there I fed it all the way up to the front pulley, but it was REALLY tight!
I had to use a ratchet-strap to install the front pulley on to mower shaft because the new belt was about 1/4 inch short. I'm assuming this is because it is a new belt?
So, I have the drive belt on the back/transmission pulley, and I have it on the front/engine pulley, but like I said, it is REALLY tight.
I have my brake pedal engaged, but I'm having a hard time with the two plastic, idler pulleys. There is hardly any slack to feed driver belt through.
Is this because the new driver belt is new, or am I doing something wrong?
Thanks for ANY help...
Frado
Are you sure it is the right belt?
Thanks a lot for the video...Your the Man.
Thank you so much! Very helpful!.
Great video - very helpful
An i thought cub cadet was a pita . I just searched this to see if most mowers were about the same . Its ridiculous how hard it is to replace the drive belts on most of these mowers . jmho ....
Skip to six minutes and 50 seconds
5:55 "knuckle buster" defined for the average Joe ..
What is the belt size for drive
The idler pulleys are stuck on my la110. Any advice on how to get those off? They are plastic so I'm afraid of damaging them.
That's strange, I wonder if you could get an adjustable wrench behind them and pull a little bit. Hard to say without seeing it.
Video saved my ass
AWESOME video; THANKS
How long is the drive belt? Anybody have a part #? Is it the same belt as the mow deck?
My LA145 does not have the removable belt guide plate on the front pulley. It is one solid sheet of steel. Not sure how to reinstall the belt with the belt guides in place.
+Donna Kelleher Maybe place belt around front pulley while it is off and then slide it up into place. Might have to do that first.
+Donna Kelleher Did you figure out how to do it with the solid plate engine mount / belt guide? I guess I'm going to have to drop both the deck clutch and drive pulley to get the belts off / on. Suggestions?
+Joe Bedford Right or wrong I tried to get the front pulley off and couldn't so I bent the belt guide tangs just enough to get the old belt off and new belt on. Then bent them back. Test drive in a little while.
Same here. My LA145 (2009 vintage) does not not have the removable belt guard near the PTO clutch...it is built right into the frame. You must either remove the clutch or bend the guards to access the belt. Anyone know what years have the removable guard?
@@joebedford9503 How hard was it to bend those damn things? I love JD but this is a joke! In NO WAY do I want to take off or even loosen the engine bolts on this old 09. I know this thread is really old but thought I might see if I would get some idea as to how you bent them?
very nice, thank you
What size belt is it?
Buddy...buy an impact. Even a 18v one :)
Drive belt on 175 John Deere transmission belt Kawasaki 420
Two thumbs way up
Thank you good info
All you had to do was pull the tensioner pulley, leave the stator attached and trany attached,, just the guard bolt at the trany pulley and the guard plate..oh and the steering shaft. no need to remove that stator at all.
Stator?
Thanks for the help. :-)