Good afternoon all, Does anyone have a lead on an aftermarket variable speed drive belt for an OMC skid steer? They are very expensive from Mustang and mine was new until the pulley started leaking and ruined the belt. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Here's a Google search. Don't be fooled, Neither OMC or Mustang manufacture belts. http://www.google.com/search?q=variable+speed+belt+drives&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GGIC_en
try a company called jaydee enterprises belts i got one for my jd24 www.jdv-belts.com/
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Do you have the Mustang part number maybe able to cross something over for you.
Thanks everyone for your help. The #'s I found on the old invoice were: 020-26433 MUSTANG BELT, VARIABLE (PART#: 020-26433) Todd
i have a jd 24 that i purchased a new belt for but i had never replaced one of these belts before my service manual states to spread the driven sheave the on with the spring on it and place the belt on, then put the belt on the other sheave. hpw do i spread the spring loaded sheave and is there a better way to do this. the belt pn i got from jay dee was #hl52k i know my jd 24 is the same as the jd170 and the mustang 1700.
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I have had a JD 24 gas for about fifteen years. Was really worn out when I bought it. Engine and clutch packs rebuilt in 2004 and got a lot of work out of it. Variable drive now leaking and saturated drive belt. Pulled transmission tonight and am wondering if you got your belt on and what the trick was.
I've tried to reply to this thread and tried posting a new thread but nothing seems to work. Hope this time it works. I am an engineer and when I needed a new belt on my 1200 I took measurements and power into consideration and found an industrial replacement belt that works. The belt is a Dayco brand, part number 513-226-7000. Any industrial belt supplier should be able to get this belt or cross reference to a different brand. At the time it cost half what the dealer got for an OEM belt. I have had one of these on my 1200 for 10 years and still going strong. The belt does not look the same as an OEM belt but it's built with newer technology to do the same job. Hope this helps.
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I just got one from jaydee for my JD24 loader. I believe it was actually manufactured for John Deere by OMC or Owatonna and from what I understand it's the same as the 1700 or John Deere 170. The belt was $90 + shipping, which brought the total to just over $100. Their parts department was able to cross reference the Deere part number very quickly (GG020-30843). Shipping was very fast as well at just two days. Highly recommended company for anyone looking for one of these. I could use advice on the pulley spreading mentioned in the service manual too if anyone catches this message and knows any tips. Thanks, Everett
I know old thread, but did anyone ever mention the tip for spreading the varible pulley? I have a old omc mustang 440 the drive belt broke on yesterday thank you
I would guess you could do it the same as bobcat 610, pry the sheave halves apart with what ever bar works and stick whatever piece of you can into the crack and then repeat with larger wood till you get it fully open. Install belt and remove wood.
I was concerned about damaging the surface where the belt rides, someone had done that on a mill I had purchased
If it's like the bobcat you could always loop a rope around the sheave leaving it big enough to pass over a bar stuck over the side of the machine above. Then pressure on the bar will pull the rope into the bottom of the sheave and give you a starting crack to work with.
"loop a rope around the sheave leaving it big enough t" That is a good idea, I wonder how tight those spprings really are, I have not tried to mmove them yet, my belt should be here in a couple of days, it was supposed to get shipped today, perhaps I can work on it this weekend still looking for information on how this machine is supposed to break thank you! Tom
if the old belt was still on the driven sheave on the bobcat I pulled on it and rolled the sheave back and forth and it worked its way down. Then put wood in to lever it all the way open. Leave the piece of wood in till you get the new one installed then. It's been a long time though.
that would had been much better im sure, but Mine is beltless it snapped while I was moving it, I knew it was about to go when I bought it, but I had to play with it, only for about five minutes! and snapola.... it snapped when I was moving a rock where I was going to park it till I could get it in the shop and try and figure out why it wont stop, fix a hyd leak and replace the belt, glad it broke hwere it did, yet I wish it would have made it into the garage, it is down hill and I have no idea how im going to get it moved over there without being able to steer it or stop it down that hill. still trying to find a operator manual, they did tell us it is a 1976 model
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Do you have snow? Steal the kids saucers or car hood and slide it down back it up with a tractor or truck for steering and brakes
hehehe for some reason I can see a hold my beer watch this moment
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Sounds good lmao
