Craftsman 2 Eager-1 lawn mower belt is not moving?
It just stopped all of a sudden when I was mowing the lawn. Took off the cover thing over the belt and when I restarted it, it wouldn't move. Model num. 917.37360 Please, I'm not a mechanic so simple terms?
Oh yeah, it's self propelled and the front wheels won't move.
Belt could be off pulley, or the key (small piece of metal bar that holds pulley to shaft) either broke, or came out. Remove the drive pulley from the mower bottom and check that there's a key fitted in the slots of both the shaft and pulley.
If the key is broken or missing, you can get another from Sears by giving the model #. Easy to install. There's a right-side-up, and you know when the pulley slides on easily when you have the key in the shaft slot, and lined up with the pulley slot.
