How to Install Deck Belt on John Deere Mower

Step by step instructions on how to remove and replace a deck belt on your John Deere mower.

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[robweiner]

Best "How to" Video (for removing and re-installing mower deck and belt replacement for John Deere 500 -Thank you.

[delwitte]

I fretted about changing this belt on my mower, however, after watching this video I was able to remove the old one and install the new one in 15 minutes. Good stuff!

[patrickgainer]

Thank you very much. I've been lucky for the past nine years and never had to change a belt. That luck ended today but the video made it really clear and easy. Even with pressure washing the deck and mower it took well under an hour to actual swap the belt and start mowing again! Thank you a lot!!!😀

[boomer]

I am just learning all about JD mowers. I went from rock to 5 acres of mowing when I moved to a new house. The owner sold me his X384. I had a twig get on the deck and got between the spindle and deck belt and the belt came off. I tried pulling the belt and get it back on track but couldn’t get leverage. I wasn’t going to try and take off the deck and every lawnmower service (including JD was 7 weeks behind). I had a p/t repair guy come out and he took what looked like a cork screw handle with a hook on the end and slipped it get the belt and had it on in 5 sec. I found something really close on Amazon, and are called meat hooks. I ordered them in case this happens again. But they were only $6

[grassypants]

Thanks a lot from the UK. Helped me out with my belt change.👍

[LeoAckerman-pd]

Thanks man. This was exactly what I needed to finish the belt change. Had some difficulty locating resources since I had no model number for this old deck.

[barbaracorley]

Awesome video! Simple and so clear. My first time changing the belt and your video helped so much! Made me feel like a badass! 😉

[MacF]

Great video. For whatever reason, my pully wasn't pulling as easy so I took a rachet strap and used that to pull it towards the other pully. Worked great and little to no effort to get the belt around the other pully.

[travisk]

I have a possibly older jd sabre with a 48 deck. I cast find serial or model numbers anywhere. I bought a 122 inch belt and it was way too long. I don't have the old belt. The belt routing is like the one in this video. It's got 3 blades. How long was the belt in this video?

[jakenoneya]

Thanks for the video..my girlfriends belt came off her X530 only took a couple minutes to figure out how to release the tension..definitely just got brownie points for fixing it so easily lol thanks bud

[dtnjoker]

My bearing went out, and I have my deck hanging from a tree. LOL
I never knew about moving the wheels to pull out the deck. Great video.

[pattiwackerastroglider]

I went to 247Parts as you suggested but they don't list my LX176 mower so I guess parts from your store aren't for me?

[clintmiller]

Do you have a part number? I have this same deck

[wrenfan]

I had a 42" deck on mine. Different belt routing. The most important thing was to remove the primary belt tensioner ('L" shaped arm) so I could attach my secondary belt tensioner spring to the arm. Thanks.

[gordbaker]

A bit more info on getting the belt on the Engine Drive Pulley would be helpful. If I had a garage that big and that clean and that neat, I would seldom leave it.

[fasstang]

Thanks for the detail view. Could you do one on changing the pullys on the drive belt or provide a link to a previous video?

[OGreviews-opinions]

What was the part # or specs for the new belt?

[davidjohnston]

You did not show removing or replacing the black covers over the two outside pulleys. Are they necessary? I would think they are to prevent things from getting suck in the pulleys.

[scurrytom]

Great video! I can’t seem to get my deck back on. It seems like there’s too much tension on drive belt. I tried release the tension bar, but I still can’t get Mount holes to line up. Any ideas??

[treborterb]

would have been nice to see you show hooking up the front of the deck and showing how you place the rear support arms back in...they can be tricky even though you showed the removal process. Very nice job on the rest of the video.