Craftsman 247.88845 Snow Blower User Manual


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SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE
See Figure 26.
NOTE: Make sure that the location of the ferrule on the auger
idler rod is maintained.
Sliptheaugercontrolbelt(thefrontbelt)offtheenginepulley.2.
Pull the 3. brake bracket assembly towards the cable guide roller
andunhooktheaugercable“Z”fitting.SeeFigure27.
Frombothsidesofthetheframeassembly,usea1/2”wrenchto4.
removethethreehextapscrewssecuringtheframetotheauger
housing assembly. Refer to Figure 23 on previous page.
NOTE:Donotremovethelowerhexflangelocknutoneachside.
5. Place a block of wood underneath the auger housing as shown in
Figure 28 and separate auger housing from the frame by tilting the
housing forward and pulling up the handles.
Block the impeller with a piece of wood to prevent it from spinning 6.
andusea1/2”wrenchtoremovethehexscrewandflatwasher
from the center of the pulley on the auger housing. See Figure 29.
Lift the brake bracket assembly out of the pulley groove and slide 7.
the pulley assembly off the posts of the auger pulley adapter to
remove the old belt. Refer to Figure 29.
NOTE: The pulley adapter may slide off the auger input shaft when
removingthepulley.Useextracautiontoensuretheadapterdoesfall
and/orgetdamagedwhenremovingthepulley.
8. Place the new auger belt in the V-groove of the auger pulley and
placethepulleyw/beltinsidethebeltkeepers.
9.Turnthepulleyasnecessarytoalignitsthreeslotsapproximately
with the posts of the pulley adapter, then move the brake bracket
assembly away from the input shaft. While aligning the pulley
slots and adapter posts, push the auger pulley fully onto the
adapter. Refer to Figure 29.
NOTE:Ifthepulleyadapterwasremovedwiththepulley,alignthe
splines of the pulley adapter and auger input shaft, and push the pulley
and adapter onto the input shaft. Refer to Figure 29.
10.Slidethewasherontothehexscrewremovedearlierandapply
Loctite262tothethreadsofthehexscrew.
11.Insertthehexscrewthroughthepulleyassemblyandintothe
Figure 24
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Figure 26
Figure 27
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