Old mtd drive belt questions

I have an old square body wards [I only know this because "wards " is the only  thing that I can make out,   on the under seat tag.......

I was messing around with the mower today and ended up with both belts on the same side of the varidrive sprocket... on investigation I noticed that the sprocket was just holding on with the bottom bolt.........I'm guessing that is what meshed the belts onto one side......I found a bolt for the top mounting hole and then decided that the belts looked pretty bad [probably originals??].......

The front has [what i can read??] 07788....I'm pretty sure of the o77, but the 88 could be,&& or ....66......the belt is a 5/8" and measures 53".......

the back belt is 5/8" with no numbers that i can make out.....it measures 44 inches

so far I have found a few close measurments but not 53 and 44.....I'll keep looking........but if someone give me a lead on a good seller I'll check that out too..

Front belt part#'s 754-0280/954-0280  5/8" x 53"
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B002G8V92M
Alternate number for front belt 95621

Rear belt part#'s  754-0281/954-0281  5/8 x 44.2"
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00UNZ55BG
Alternate number for rear belt 95199


Hey would you mind popping over to this thread dedicated to the MTD square bodies and enter yours with a pic and what info you know please?

https://www.atltf.com/t6837-mtd-square-body-mowers-information-and-pictures

Thanks a lot for the info...I guess my belts have not stretched much......I'll order 2 from amazon

i guess I'm loosing touch with my computer skills, i can't seem to figure out howto load a pic any more??......sorry

DiGiacomo wrote:

I have an old square body wards [I only know this because "wards " is the only  thing that I can make out,   on the under seat tag.......

I was messing around with the mower today and ended up with both belts on the same side of the varidrive sprocket... on investigation I noticed that the sprocket was just holding on with the bottom bolt.........I'm guessing that is what meshed the belts onto one side......I found a bolt for the top mounting hole and then decided that the belts looked pretty bad [probably originals??].......

The front has [what i can read??] 07788....I'm pretty sure of the o77, but the 88 could be,&& or ....66......the belt is a 5/8" and measures 53".......

the back belt is 5/8" with no numbers that i can make out.....it measures 44 inches

so far I have found a few close measurments but not 53 and 44.....I'll keep looking........but if someone give me a lead on a good seller I'll check that out too..

I would honestly be shocked to see original belts on a 5 year old mower, I would seriously doubt that those would be factory belts if they are though you should hang onto them, that's kinda cool to have?

@DiGiacomo No problem! If you look at the top row in the message box you'll see this symbol (red arrow) which is to add a picture.