Hi all,

I've a Greenfield B&S 13-32, Evolution 3 Mk IIa about ten years old with 500 hours on the clock. Last week the mower threw a shredded drive belt. Over the last year or so its been difficult to get to go forward or back other than stamping on the pedal and then it was liable to stick in either direction.

Previously my "fix" which seemed to work for a while was blowing all the grass and stuff out and spraying the pivots with WD40 (which now I read is not a good idea).

I'm now forced to give it a go myself. So thanks for all the info on a a great site.

So I've got the replacement drive belt, as well as a cutter belt and took to replacing them both as the current belts are the originals. Thanks to this site, I photographed the layout before pulling the belts off. Good thing too, as I found that one of the flat idler pulleys attached to a bracket beneath the floor plate had siezed. I'm assuming the sticking problem was caused by the pulley gradually getting worse and worse, finally siezing and the belt being forced to run over the stationary surface.

I ordered two to replace the pair from a local mower shop. The manual lists the part as GT2243. After a bit more than a week I was told that you can't get the parts any more. Sounded like rubbish as the Greenie is only 10 YO. I rang Greenfield and a very helpful guy told me there's a misprint in the manual and the correct part is GT1009.

I'll try to get the right parts and hopefully that's the fix.

Anyway, Thought this may be helpful to others with a "sticky pedal" or trying to order the idler pulleys. A couple of phots are attached.

Final question, can I just clean off the WD40 gunk with petrol?
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Thanks again, Steve O