From day one I could not keep the mower deck belt on this mower. I returned it to two different dealers as John Deere suggested. I would get it home and the belt would come off every time I disengaged it. John Deere even sent me a new deck but the dealer removed all the old idlers and spindles and reinstalled them on the new deck. I got home and mowed the lawn one time and for the 5 th time the idler pulley fell off as the belt.

I the first year I went thru 6 mower belts, one hydrolic pump belt. 5, idler pulleys, 1, battery, 1, set of blade spindles, 6 sets of blades, 3, flat tires, one set of front wheel bushings.

It got so bad I had to go buy a Cub Cadet just to use while mine was in the shop.

Repairs on the Cub Cadet $0.

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