Fan Belt....:(

[DDT]

Well trying to seed a yard tonight and fan belt broke with 252 hours on it.....sucks the last tractor had about 1600 on it when it broke. I sure wish I could have finished the yard. I guess I will see what warranty does for it.
Sure makes me wonder if theres more to it since the belt has a lot of cracks and rips all over it

 

[BobRip]

It might have been slipping. That makes it heat and causes cracking.

 

[Willl]

I seriously doubt their going to cover a fan belt.

 

[TripleR]

I agree that shouldn't happen, I changed belts on my 03 L5030 at 1000, but it was just precautionary. They were getting some cracks and were a bit hard, but showed no indication of impending failure.

 

[jonyyuma]

Ouch, sounds premature enough...Might look at another brand if the replacement doesn't do better...One thing about the new tractors, the side covers hide the engines and related parts.

 

[DDT]

They covered it under warranty, I seen no other problems, fan and alternator pulleys were good.
Up and running again.

 

[4shorts]

Still keep an eye on the adjustment. On my 4240 I had to adjust the tension twice because it started to slip and it only had 200 hours on it when I traded it.