John Deere 1026 Belt problems on deck

[denverdave66]

I don't know why my belt is flopping around so much it is wearing the paint off my deck. I noticed the spring that connects the idle pulley does not have any tension at all on it. Do I need a new idle pulley or what?

 

[beenthere]

Any pics to post to show what you have?

 

[sisupower]

Send us some pics of the deck. The belts do move around a little and wear paint off. But something could be wrong.

 

[denverdave66]

What the spring is attached to on the back
Where the idle pulley is if I move it towards the right it will put tension on it. T

 

[denverdave66]

 

[sisupower]

That spring doesn’t look right. It’s suppose to be spread out more than that between coils. Doesn’t look tight at all

 

[denverdave66]

I know that痴 the problem. Don稚 know if there is a pin that suppose to be holding the back part down thats broke or just need to replace the idle puller system?

 

[sisupower]

Send a pic of the broken part your talking about.

 

[denverdave66]

This is the part the back of the spring is connected to. If I move that piece to the right it puts tension on the belt but then I let go no tension on belt b

 

[sisupower]

I can’t tell anything from these pictures. Can you take deck off and take a bird eye view picture of deck.