Mike's Viewpoint

I’m disappointed. After using my LT155 Lawn Tractor once or twice a week for six months every year for 19 years, the drive belt gave out. Although it didn’t break, it finally cracked enough become too loose. Luckily it slipped off the transmission just as I finished mowing the yard. Yes, I should have changed it proactively much, much earlier.

The new belt didn’t come with instructions and the owner’s manual only describes how to change the mower blade drive belt, which I had already done years ago. I did find an article online by blizzardj.¹ But I want to provide my own take on the procedure with additional advice and clarifications. If you have the tools, ability and agility, you can change your own drive belt in one or two hours, for just the price of a new belt (about $30 at my local John Deere dealer).

1. Blizzardj, “How to Change the Traction Belt on a John Deere LT155.” Instructables (https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-change-the-traction-belt-on-a-John-Deere-LT/ accessed June 2020). [back]