I've got a Victa MSV562 Self-Propelled mower, and I've noticed that when the drive belt isn't engaged, moving the mower forward is often much more difficult, but also when trying to move backwards, the rear wheels sometimes lock up and if they don't, it's still just as difficult to move backwards.
Hi Paul, I just re-read you original statement, the belt is engaged all the time under spring pressure, so the gearbox pulley is spinning all the time the motor is running. What you actually engage with the lever is a clutch of some sort in the gearbox itself, this internal setup I' have no idea how it works, but what I have found with the motor running the mower will move forward without holding the lever in, it is just friction drag through the box, but when I engage the lever the mower rockets forward, way to fast for me to keep up. What I am not sure of is if letting it move forward without the clutch engaged, is it going to wear the internal clutch quickly because it is obviously slipping. With the clutch disengaged it is easy to hold it to prevent it moving forward and it is only travelling at about half the pace it does when engaged. Not sure if this has helped much but it seems like this is the way they are
