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Old 09-05-2010, 03:46 PM
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Default i1042 engine runs fine but tractor won't move.
I have an i1042 tractor. It was mowing fine when I noticed a lot of play in the steering wheel. So I started to drive it back to the garage to take a look. About 10 feet from the garage the wheels stopped spinning. Now it won't move at all. The engine is running great. It's just that the wheels won't turn.

I don't know anything about lawn mowers except what I learned from this one but I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty and and doesn't look like anyone will be open until Tuesday.

Is this a common problem with this tractor? It's only 2 years old and I think I've followed the maintenance schedule pretty closely.
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Old 09-05-2010, 06:02 PM
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take the deck off and look up underneath and see if the main drive belt is broken. You may be able to see if it's bad by looking at the PTO and see if it is still in the belt groove.
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Old 09-05-2010, 07:33 PM
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I took off the deck and looked at the belt. Looks ok to me. I attached pics.
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Old 09-06-2010, 03:04 AM
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That looks awfully loose though. I could be mistaken though but i thought soon as the engine is running it moves the main drive belt.
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That looks awfully loose though. I could be mistaken though but i thought soon as the engine is running it moves the main drive belt.
That pic was taken while it wasn't running. I'll take a look today while it's running.
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Old 09-06-2010, 11:38 AM
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Doh! I forgot I'd put it in push mode. Now it's back to the point where the wheels turn but not very forceful and it pulls hard to one side like the wheels on the left side are pulling harder than the wheels on the right.
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