How to change the drive belt on my 46" Auto TroyBilt riding mower?

Thanks Sam. I ended up bending those three tabs out far enough to allow the belt to slide in over the pulley. I tried everything else and it seemed like my only option without having to remove/move the engine. You have to carefully bend the tabs outward enough with pliers not to damage the pulley then place a screwdriver on the tabs and hammer them back.

Eric
July 2008

Good question. I have the same model and have seen the same question at other sites, but no answer, tips or tricks to getting the lower drive belt off of the crank shaft pulley with those three tabs from the frame in the way. A co-worker did offer a suggestion of removing the engine bolts to slide the engine and allow room to remove and replace the belt around the crank shaft. I don't know how hard it will be, but I will be checking it out this week to see if it is possible. If that works, the rest of the directions in the manual are pretty easy to follow.

Sam
July 2008