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Thanks, Lugbolt, that is helpful information. I have seen that when ordering other parts: you enter the part number and a message pops up saying that part has been replaced, superseded, whatever, by a new number. So yes, I just go on and order the new number and forget about it. But that did...

Not me, I know they come from all over the world, genuine Kubota parts. The stamped number on the belt is a mystery, I could not find any information on it on the internet. And if your second guess is correct, I still think the retailer I bought it from should have let me know it is a 110...

That is an interesting observation. Still makes no sense when you order a part with a very specific number why there should be any difference at all.

If I can see the part number stamped on the belt while it is in the cardboard sleeve, so can the dealer. So he could know that, and could have informed me. The whole point of Kubota assigning ONE 8-digit part number to the thousands of parts someone might need is that the part number does mean...

The belt I got was the correct length but I had to measure it to figure that out. I could find NO specs for the part online, anywhere, not just on the retailer's website. As an example of how one number can be identical to another part number, except for one digit, and it NOT be the same at...

EXACTLY! Especially if it is a mower belt, which involves removing the mower from the tractor, taking off the old belt, removing the bracket, putting the mystery belt on, and then struggling with the very stiff spring....only to find out it is not the right belt. It is interesting that some...

Except this was not just some random manufacturer's number, it was the Kubota part number, K****-****, the same one I ordered as if 1 was added to it (I ordered a part number ending with 110 and the part number stamped was all the same but ended in 111). This was not a matter of the old part...

I recently ordered a new drive belt for a Kubota MMM from a large online Kubota part dealer (you would all recognize the name). The belt arrived with the correct part number on the cardboard sleeve, but a one-different number on the belt. I could find no information online about the stamped...

Thank you all for your suggestions. I got it on and took it out in 2 foot tall pasture grass and she worked! Gotta love that orange tractor, but I wish Kubota would give more directions about how to do this very common but difficult task.

I wonder if I would be strong enough to just pull that spring with a screwdriver. It was so tight, Henro's method of using a lever and string may be the only way I could do it again. (Which I hope is never.)

Well, this worked!! Thank you so much. After I did it, I wondered why it had not occurred to me. I had a spare nylon cord pull for a lawnmower, put a loop on the end, attached it to the spring, and wound the rest around a 4' 2x2 stick. I put the bottom of the stick against the side of the...

Thanks, Whitetiger, that is how I have it routed. It is still so tight I cannot connect the spring. See my photos posted to Dave above.

Hi Dave, When I opened the new belt it turned out to be the same size as the old one. Here are photos of the old one half-installed and the Messicks' sketch I was using to guide me. The tensioner pulley is about 6 inches away from the spring hook without any pulling/pushing of it as you can...

Thanks, Dave, but the original self-destructed, poor thing.

Thank you so much! Now I can put it on in the morning and hopefully be mowing by noon!