Service Manual

8. If the left pivot arm was removed for servicing,
reassemble now as described under Rear
Height-of-Cut System and Wheel Pinion Clutch
Assembly, page
40.
Input Shaft Assembly:
1. If the input bearing had been removed, press a
new one into the gearcase using an arbor press.
Press only on the outer race
or bearing damage
may result.
2. Slide the input shaft and pinion through the ball
bearing and top with the spacer and
two pulley
halves
as shown in Figure 69. Secure with a flat
washer and a nylon locknut.
I
Figure 69
3. Tighten the input pulley nut by using an impact
wrench
or by using the cutaway gearcase half
and end wrench method described
in step 3,
under Transmission Disassembly, page 43.
4. Slip the shift fork into the slot on the shift collar
and place the shift fork and output shaft
assembly into
the transmission.
NOTE: The long end of the shift fork shaft should
go through the hole in the gearcase. Make sure
that the output bushings are trapped in the
proper locations. Note that the larger output
bushing goes
on the longer end of the shaft and
the shorter output bushing goes
on the shorter
end
of shaft.
5. Slide the yoke bushing onto the lower end of the
shift fork then secure the shift fork with the white
nylon
shift fork retainer. See Figure 70.
SHIFT FORK RETAINERS
Figure 70
Intermediate Shaft Assembly:
NOTE: Before assembling, be sure that you have
coated the intermediate shaft with a No. 2 lithium
based grease.
1. Slip an intermediate shaft bushing
onto the left
end of the intermediate shaft, flanged end first.
See Figure
71.
INTERMEDIATE
SHAFT
GEARS
SPACERS
Figure 71
2. Slide the intermediate shaft gears onto the
intermediate shaft in this order:
25-tooth gear
20-tooth gear
15-tooth gear
Vacu-Power Mower 45
Self-Propel System