When I engage the transmission in either forward or reverse the drive belt (from engine to rear pully) starts to smoke at the engine pully and there is rattling noise coming from the same area. The transmission won't engage. I have replaced the two bearings on the rear variable speed pully assembly (bearings were wasted) and I pulled the transmission, took it apart and inspected inside but found no problem, all the gears were in great shape. The model of this lawn tractor is 13AJ609G766. What the heck is going on with this thing?

Mike, April 2010

Pour diesel on it and roll it off a cliff. Its a piece of crap!

Fellow owner of a Troy Built Bronco mower with a bad transmission., July 2012