Service Manual

DisassemblingtheCuttingDeckMotor(continued)
7.Removetherearcoverfromthebody.
8.Liftthebodystraightupandcarefullyremoveit.
Note:Ensurethattherearwearplateremainsonthedriveandidlergear
shafts.
9.RemoveanddiscardtheO-ringsfromthebody.
10.Locateandretrievethedowelpins.
IMPORTANT
Beforeremovingthewearplates,notethepositionoftheopenand
closedsideofthewearplates.Alsoidentifythewearplates(front
andrear)withamarkerforproperassembly.
11.Carefullyremovetherearwearplate,idlergear,drivegear,andfrontwear
platefromthefrontange.
12.Removeanddiscardtheback-upgasketsandpressuresealsfromthewear
plates.
13.Turnthefrontangeover,withthesealsideup.
IMPORTANT
Ensurethatyoudonotdamagethefrontangecounterborewhen
removingthesealsfromthefrontange.
14.Carefullyremovethedustseal,retainingring,angewasher,andshaftseal
fromthefrontange(Figure147)anddiscardtheseals.
InspectingtheCuttingDeckMotor
1.Removeanynicksandburrsfromallthepartswithemerycloth.
CAUTION
Usetheeyeprotectionsuchasgoggleswhenusingthecompressed
air.
2.Cleanallthepartswithsolventanddrythemwithcompressedair.
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