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8011-623
Slackening the belt tension
Pump belt
Check belt every 100 hours for excessive wear.
To replace belt. Relieve tension on the deck belt and
remove deck belt from clutch. See “ Deck belt” section.
Loosen bolt on the clutch tie down and rotate out of
the way.
Using a ½" drive ratchet inserted into the square hole
in the pump idler arm relieve the tension on the pump
belt and remove belt.
To reinstall belt: Swing pump idler pulley toward
engine to route belt around it. Then route belt around
the pulley for left pump fi rst (right hand pulley in the
illustration).
Reinstall idler spring and use the ratchet to rotate idler
so the belt may be installed all the way around the last
pulley.
8011-624
Belt routing, hydraulic pumps