Brake Return Spring

The repair was easy once I received the missing part from eraplacementparts.com. It was just a matter of hooking the Brake Return Spring over the axle. I attached the extension spring to the deck bracket and used a small length of nylon rope that I tied a loop at one end. I slid the loop over the end of the extension spring and pulled it back till the extension spring hooked up to the Brake Return Spring. Just a matter of a few seconds. Without the missing part the belt squealed loudly because it wasn't pulled tight into the pulley on the PTO. After installing the parts the belt hooked up right away and I also noticed it maintained deck RPM even in tall grass. It used to stall before in tall grass before the missing part was installed.