Woods L59 Belt twists (2024)

I have an L59 on my 130 and have it running but I"m not sure it"s right. The rotation is correct, but the twists don"t look right. I have read the manual and looked. My center brace pulleys are bot v-type and to get the rotation direction correct I have to route like this:

viewing from rear off of left pulley on center bar, up to the front of the pulley back down the back of drive pulley to the right pulley on the center post back to the deck.

Howe do you get a 3/4 twist off of the center pulley (on the deck ) hit the left pulley on the post and up to the drive pulley with a 3/4 twist?

Here is from my Woods L59 manual. This is viewed from rear of tractor.

First, put belt on bottom grove RH side of center pulley on mower deck. Then go around left hand sheave of deck, back across center groove of center pulley to the RH deck pulley and back to the top groove of center pulley. Then from center pulley to front idler pulley with 3/4 twist and then a 1/2 twist between the idler pulley and the drive pulley on the tractor. Then straight down under rear idler pulley, This should leave a 1/4 twist from rear idler pulley to the bottom groove of the center deck pulley. When tightening things up, the front idler should be about 1 inch above the groove in the center pulley and the rear about 1 inch below it's groove in the center deck pulley. This is not word for word from the manual, as I have just given the essentials.

Haas: My mower is an RM59 on a Super A, there are two L59 mowers near me on offset tractors, and in both cases they have one V idler and one flat idler. Same as mine except the flat idler is on the opposite side and those mowers are belted backwards compared to mine. All three mowers are driven by the belt pulley gear box.

I've seen two V idlers used when mower is driven by PTO shaft.