What Is a Hydro Pump Belt

Hydro belts, transaxle drive belts, hydrostatic drive belts and ground drive belts. … Whatever you call it, its function is to transfer power from the engine to the transaxles, powering the drive wheels on a zero turn lawn mower.

Does a zero turn mower have a drive belt?

Lawn mower blades on a zero turn lawn mower aren’t driven directly by a PTO (power take off) shaft or by an engine crankshaft. Instead, they’re turned by a system of pul​leys which are driven by a belt that’s powered by the electric clutch and the engine.

What is the difference between a deck belt and a drive belt?

So, with the mower deck removed from the tractor, the “drive belt” would be the one still on the tractor. The mower deck itself will still have the internal “deck belt” which if you turn one blade by hand, all blades turn because that deck belt is what connects and drives all the blades together.