Operator's Manual

BeltMaintenance
InspectingtheBelts
ServiceInterval:Every50hours
Checkthebeltsforsquealingwhenthebeltisrotating;
bladesslippingwhencuttinggrass;frayedbeltedges;
burnmarks;andcracks,whicharesignsofaworn
mowerbelt.Replacethemowerbeltifanyofthese
conditionsoccur.
ReplacingtheMowerBelt
1.DisengagethePTO,movethemotion-control
leverstotheNEUTRAL-LOCKposition,andsetthe
parkingbrake.
2.Shutofftheengine,removethekey,andwait
forallmovingpartstostopbeforeleavingthe
operatingposition.
3.Lowerthemowertothe76mm(3inch)height
ofcut.
4.Removethebeltcovers(Figure72).
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Figure72
1.Pushthetabdown.2.Removethebeltcover.
5.Usearatchetinthesquareholeintheidlerarm
toremovethetensionontheidlerspring(Figure
73).
6.Removethebeltfromthemower-deckpulleys.
7.Removethebeltguideonthespringloadedidler
armshowninFigure73.
8.Removetheexistingbelt.
9.Installthenewbeltaroundthemowerpulleys
andtheclutchpulleyundertheengine(Figure
73).
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Figure73
1.Clutchpulley5.Squareholeintheidler
armfortheratchet
2.Mowerbelt
6.Idlergreasetting
3.Spring-loadedidlerpulley
7.Beltguide
4.Ratchet
10.Installthebeltguideontheidlerarmshownin
Figure73.
11.Usingtheratchetinthesquarehole,installthe
idlerspring(Figure73).
Makesurethatthespringendsareseatedin
theanchorgrooves.
12.Installthebeltcovers(Figure74).
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