dnw64
Veteran Member
Never seen this before. It's on my Caroni flail mower which I've had almost 2 years.
Before heading out on my first pass of the year I greased all the bearings, and while greasing the main bearing at the end where the belts are I saw what looking like a piece of belt sticking through one of the ventilation louvers.
So I took the cover off and two of the belts were shredded. OK, not great, but whatever. It has probably 20-30 hours on it (don't really know) and maybe the factory belts were junk. And maybe that still is the main problem, but what I saw upon further inspection is that chunks of the inner part of the belt were still stuck in the sheave. Like, really stuck. Couldn't get them out with my fingers - had to use pliers. The only explanation I have come up with is that they got hot enough that, when stopped they melted to the sheave and at the next use pieces got ripped out.
Any other thoughts/suggestions?
Before heading out on my first pass of the year I greased all the bearings, and while greasing the main bearing at the end where the belts are I saw what looking like a piece of belt sticking through one of the ventilation louvers.
So I took the cover off and two of the belts were shredded. OK, not great, but whatever. It has probably 20-30 hours on it (don't really know) and maybe the factory belts were junk. And maybe that still is the main problem, but what I saw upon further inspection is that chunks of the inner part of the belt were still stuck in the sheave. Like, really stuck. Couldn't get them out with my fingers - had to use pliers. The only explanation I have come up with is that they got hot enough that, when stopped they melted to the sheave and at the next use pieces got ripped out.
Any other thoughts/suggestions?