Operator's Manual

1.Disengagetheblade-control(PTO)leverandsetthe
parkingbrakes.
2.Stoptheengineandwaitforallmovingpartstostop
beforeleavingtheoperatingposition.
3.Loosenthelocknutontheturnbuckle(Figure54).
4.Rotatetheturnbuckletowardtherearofthemowerto
increasethetensiononthebelt.Rotatetheturnbuckle
towardthefrontofthemowertodecreasethetension
onthebelt(Figure54).
Note:Thepropermowerbelttensionis44to67N-m
(10to15ft-lb)withthebeltdeected13mm(1/2inch)
halfwaybetweenthepulleys(Figure53).
Figure53
48-inchmowerdeck
1.Idlerpulley2.Mowerbeltwith13mm
(1/2inch)deection
Note:Theeyeboltthreadsonbothendsofthe
turnbuckleshouldbeengagedaminimumof8mm
(5/16inch).
Figure54
1.13mm(1/2inch)deection
here
4.Locknut
2.Assistarm5.Turnbuckle
3.Frontstop
5.Engagetheblade-controllever(PTO)andcheckthe
belttension.
6.Ifthereisnoadjustmentleftintheturnbuckleand
thebeltisstillloose,therearidlerpulleyneedstobe
positionedtothemiddleorfronthole(Figure55).Use
theholethatwillgivethecorrectadjustment.
7.Whentheidlerpulleyismovedthebeltguidemust
bemoved.Movethebeltguidetothefrontposition
(Figure55).
Figure55
1.Rearidlerpulley4.Beltguideinbackposition
2.Middlehole5.Frontidlerpulley
3.Fronthole
8.Checkthebeltguideundertheengineframeforproper
adjustment(Figure56).
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