Colt Case Ingersoll Garden Tractors

I tried another belt and I can see what's happening now. The belt is rolling. The v part isn't in the groove anymore but it was when I installed it

That's strange! You must check each of the pulleys then. Mine, not oem, is tight and never rolls.

I know it's very strange. All of my pulleys turn very smoothly. There are no nicks or grooves cut into any of them.

Do you think it's possible you didn't route the belt properly? I'd also make sure the belt doesn't touch anything, clutch engaged and also disengaged.

I still have my blower on, can't take pictures for comparison.

Another possibility is that you still don't have the bracket hooked on correctly and when you lift/lower the deck it torsions the belt.

I really can't think of any other way that you would route the belt. I checked and it's not touching anything either with a PTO engaged or disengaged. And it could be something to do with the mule drive and bracket but even without lifting the mower deck it's the same thing. I didn't lift it at all and it happened

I did discover that my deck was very badly leveled. So going by the manual I presume I have a j-46 deck. Unfortunately even now with the deck leveled and the belt getting a much straighter route to the pulley, that belt still flips it inside out as soon as I turn on the PTO

I did discover that my deck was very badly leveled. So going by the manual I presume I have a j-46 deck. Unfortunately even now with the deck leveled and the belt getting a much straighter route to the pulley, that belt still flips it inside out as soon as I turn on the PTO

Don't know if this helps..

I do appreciate it thanks

I don't think it's the problem you're facing, but I can heartily recommend the aramid/kevlar belts for this application. I ran one on my '73 442, same deck and configuration as yours, for 6 seasons before it wore out.

Bob