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How do I install a drive belt for a JohnDeere 265 lawn tractor?

I have a JohnDeere 265 garden tractor and need to install a new drive belt. The old one snapped and there was a tension spring of some sorts that came off as well. Ineed to know how the belt is routed on the pulleys and where this spring is attached to.
Trevor, July 2007
I just found these directions on a other forum and tried it today. It worked like a charm. Take off the deck and jack up the front on to jack stands. There's a single idler pulley near the motor pulley to remove. The two adjustable pulleys in the middle have a guide bracket that needs to be removed. Unhook the spring, then loosen the nut and it should slip off. You don't need to remove ANY additional pulleys. Unclip the small wire harness at the front and slip the new belt over the front pulley. Then you have to feed the belt through a guide in the middle before feeding the belt around the cooling blades above the transmission. Loop the belt through one blade at a time and turn the belt to position to the next blade. It will go on but it takes a little patience. One of the center pulleys is flat and the other is V'd. Just fit the belt so the v side goes to the v pulley and the flat side to the flat pulley. No trick or loops. Good luck.

DAJ, October 2007
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