Operator's Manual

Figure 50
1. Mower belt 5. Engine pulley
2. Idler arm 6. Belt cover
3. Outside pulley 7. Belt guide
4. Spring
8. Idler pulley
5. Pull the idler pulley in the direction sho wn in
Figure 50 and roll the belt off of the pulleys .
T he spring is under tension when
installed and can cause per sonal injur y .
Be car eful when r emo ving the spring .
6. R oute the new belt around the engine pulley
and mo w er pulleys ( Figure 50 ).
7. Pull the idler pulley in the direction sho wn
in Figure 50 and route the belt onto the idler
pulley ( Figure 50 ).
8. R otate the belt guide , on the idler ar m, to w ards
the pulley until it stops ( Figure 50 ).
9. Tighten the belt guide ( Figure 50 ).
10. Install the belt co v ers o v er the outside spindles .
Installing the Mower
1. P ark the mac hine on a lev el surface and
diseng ag e the blade control switc h.
2. Mo v e the motion control lev ers outw ard to the
park position, stop the engine , remo v e the k ey ,
and w ait for all mo ving par ts to stop before
lea ving the operating position.
3. Slide the mo w er under the mac hine .
4. Lo w er the height-of-cut lev er to the lo w est
position.
5. Attac h the adjusting rod to the mac hine with
the w asher and hair pin cotter ( Figure 49 ) on
eac h side of the mo w er .
6. Slide the lev eling brac k ets onto the mounting
pins and secure them with the w ashers and
hair pin cotters ( Figure 49 ).
7. Attac h the front suppor t rods to the mac hine
with the clevis pins and hair pin cotters
( Figure 48 ).
8. Install the mo w er belt onto the engine pulley;
refer to R e placing the Mo w er Belt.
Replacing the Grass
Deector
An unco v er ed discharge opening could
allo w the la wn mo w er to thr o w objects in
the operator’ s or bystander’ s dir ection and
r esult in serious injur y . Also, contact with
the blade could occur .
Nev er operate the la wn mo w er unless y ou
install a co v er plate, a mulch plate, or a g rass
chute and catcher .
1. Locate items sho wn in Figure 51 .
2. R emo v e the n ut (3/8 inc h) from the rod under
the mo w er ( Figure 51 ).
3. Slide the rod out of the shor t stand-off ,
inter nal loc k w asher , spring, and g rass deflector
( Figure 51 ). R emo v e the damag ed or w or n
g rass deflector .
4. R e place the g rass deflector and inter nal loc k
w asher ( Figure 51 ).
5. Slide rod, straight end, through the rear g rass
deflector brac k et.
6. Place the spring on the rod, with end wires
do wn, and betw een the g rass deflector brac k ets .
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