Plumteach
New member
Two days ago while fertilizing my lawn my Cub LT1050 stopped moving. With the help of this forum and other Internet sites I found out my drive belt had slipped off the pulleys. I then started my two day adventure of replacing the drive belt since the old one was pretty worn. I discovered much help in different forums and YouTube and was able to replace the belt. My problems started, of course, when I went to put everything back together. My biggest difficulty was getting the PTO clutch back on the drive shaft. I couldn't get the key on the clutch to go in the groove on the shaft. I read in a forum where someone had to file the key and the groove a little to get it to slide on. I did this and finally was able to get the PTO clutch back on. Once on I started the tractor and everything seemed fine. The pulley on the clutch was spinning and I went for a short ride and returned to the garage. I put the deck back on the mower, and went off to mow a little. I didn't get more than 50 feet when white smoke started billowing from the grass chute area. It seems to me the PTO clutch is overheating. It was extremely hot when I turned the tractor off. In my mind, this brings up a few questions. Did I tighten the PTO clutch too tight or not tight enough? Did I somehow mess up the clutch when I was fiddling with it to get it back on the drive shaft? Is it a deck belt problem? My deck belt is in good shape and I'm pretty sure it's hooked up correctly, but possibly there's something I'm overlooking? Any ideas or suggestions?
