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Old 10-26-2009, 10:44 PM   #34 (permalink)
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MTD variable speed pulley



That's the pulley I was talking about. The engine belt has an automatic (spring) tensioner, the drive (output) belt has a manual tensioner. You manually adjust the drive belt and the tension on it moves the middle disc up and down, changing the ratio between the input and output. Very simple setup, hard to beat it for reliability. It even wears the belts evenly on the sides, rather than the small inside surface.
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