pulley swap on a hydro

can i do a pulley swap on a lawnmower with a hydrostatic transaxel

its a 2005 craftsman lt1000 with a hydrostatic trans-axel

Dustin138 wrote:

can i do a pulley swap on a lawnmower with a hydrostatic transaxel

its a 2005 craftsman lt1000 with a hydrostatic trans-axel

you can but them come stock with like a 4 inch so you really need a bigger front pulley an leave the back on the same you cange it you will get everything in there hot cause it has a fan type thing on the pulley that cools it i ran in to that promble on my dads mower wanted to mow faster lol

so i can change the front pulley but not the rear pulley.

Dustin138 wrote:

so i can change the front pulley but not the rear pulley.

yea man it is the safest way cause of that fan thing get in the chat room

thanks i did not know if it could be changed

nooooooooooo sorry you cant speed a hydro up!!!! you will blow up the hydrolic pump in the rearend and your tranny wont work anymore

redzz02 wrote:

nooooooooooo sorry you cant speed a hydro up!!!! you will blow up the hydrolic pump in the rearend and your tranny wont work anymore

you can to a little not all that much but you could put a 4 on the front

Depends on the model as to what size pulleys you have. For example I have 2 murrays, one manual, one hydro. The manual has a 3" engine pulley and a huge(12"?) tranny pulley. The hydro has a 5" engine pulley and 3" tranny pulley. This might also prove useful for others looking for cheaper pulleys, since the rest of the hydro mowers are about worthless for what we do.

Go big on the tires.. That will get you a little more speed. If you want to go stupid fast...you could do a chain drive from the tx to sprokets to drive the wheels. You will need to do at least an 8" lift to pull this off

i am getting bigger tires.....and so i can change the engine pulley from a 3 inch to a 4 inch