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help with my Suburban 400

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ray gershon

I installed a 5 hp Briggs on my Suburban 400 with the pulley system as shown. When i push in the brake petal to shift to another gear, all the tension is released but the belt still turns the pulley on the trans.  Is the a fix for this? Would appreciate any suggestions. 

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8ntruck

You need to support the bottom of the belt to keep it off of the crankshaft pulley.  Usually, there is a tab on the belt side of the belt guard that performs this function. 

 

Wheel Horses generally need to have the belt guard installed to keep the belt off of the crankshaft pulley in order to stop the belt and be able to shift gears.

 

:text-welcomeconfetti:to the forum.  Lots of good folks here.  I'm pretty sure that as a group, the regular contributors here have broken and fixed just about everything on a Wheel Horse that can be broken and fixed.  Even better, they share their opinions and advice freely - sometimes it is even helpful.

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sqrlgtr

You might be acle to make/use sumin like this (The tab on top of idler pulley). Main thing is belt has to stop turning for everything to work right. Pulled this pic off interweb and is not my mochine.

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parsonsponyz

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