Need advice for my '83 Murray

i am wanting to lift my murray by putting 1-2" block between the tranny and the frame. But my question is would that make the belt come off due to the pulley being lowered? i dont want to mess with lowering the rest of the pulleys but i want extra ground clearance because the creek i ride in usually gets deep in a few places. Lifting the front will be easy though. any suggestions?

83ratrodmurray wrote:

i am wanting to lift my murray by putting 1-2" block between the tranny and the frame. But my question is would that make the belt come off due to the pulley being lowered? i dont want to mess with lowering the rest of the pulleys but i want extra ground clearance because the creek i ride in usually gets deep in a few places. Lifting the front will be easy though. any suggestions?

do you still have the deck drive pully?if so go on and lift it to where the tranny pulley and deck drive pulley are level, but then you have to fab a clutch.... lol

no, the original engine was bad. i swapped in a 2009 briggs intek but it has a very short crankshaft with both pulleys mounted to the shaft rather than having the deck drive pulley that hangs down farther. i might be able to make a longer transmission input shaft.

83ratrodmurray wrote:

no, the original engine was bad. i swapped in a 2009 briggs intek but it has a very short crankshaft with both pulleys mounted to the shaft rather than having the deck drive pulley that hangs down farther. i might be able to make a longer transmission input shaft.

do that then, i am pretty sure i told how i did mine in a video on my you tube, (there is a link in my youtube), all you need is a shaft coupler, a piece of round stock, and a pillow block

ok thanks for the help.