It is a bit of a learning curve, seeing as though there is so much room to work- but there are 2 drive belts and a dual pulley called a variator which will likely need attention. The pulley has a movable center that has to move freely. Also, be sure that the brake is not dragging severely. If you replace 1 drive belt, replace them both.

Hello, folks. I hate to revive this dead horse, but I'm having the same problem described in this thread -- again. The starter on my John Deere RX-75 is refusing to turn over again, unless I happen to catch it in the right mood. It fires off fine when I walk by and flip the key in the garage. But sometimes it doesn't after I've turned off the motor -- usually with half of the yard still to cut. I've fiddled with the shift lever to make sure it's in neutral, and I've checked all the wiring that I can see. Any other ideas? When this happened last year, I tried some of the tricks mentioned here. I thought one of them must have worked, because the mower straightened up and cranked right. Last summer I took the mower to a John Deere dealer after this happened. It cranked like a new mower in the shop, of course, so I figured (hoped) they had cleared up whatever the problem was. No such luck.

What deck? I seem to remember one of those single blade decks you have to think through or literally the blade spins backwards....

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