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• Slide the belt off the engine pulley and around the
blade. See Figure 15 .
• Replace with the new belt, working around the
blade. Make sure the belt is firmly seated on the
engine pulley while pulling from the other side and
sliding it around the transmission pulley.
• Put the mower down with all four wheels firmly
placed on one level.
• Tighten the screw, loosened earlier, to secure the
belt tension spring to the transmission, and
reassemble the front drive cover.
Figure 15
Replacing Rear Flap
• To remove rear flap, cut off the flat end of the wire
rod which secures it to the deck. See Figure 16 .
• Attach the new flap and new rod to deck, bending
the ends of the new rod over to secure to deck.
Figure 16
SECTION 8: MAKING ADJUSTMENTS
Handle Height
Your mower is shipped with the handle in the higher
height position. To lower height, proceed as follows.
• Remove the starter rope from the rope guide.
• Remove the upper handle by removing the hand
knobs and carriage bolts. Lay the upper handle out
of the way, being careful not to bend or kink cables.
• Remove the hairpin clips from the weld pins on the
handle brackets. Refer to Figure 4 . Press out on
the legs of the lower handle. Remove lower handle
from the mower.
• Turn lower handle around so the notch is facing
forward as shown in Figure 17 . Reassemble,
placing the bottom holes in the handle over the
weld pins in the handle mounting bracket.
• Reassemble the upper handle to the lower handle.
• Insert hairpin clips in the inner holes of the weld
pins and attach the starter rope as instructed in
“Assembling Your Lawn Mower” section.
WARNING:
As always, use a thick piece of
rag to handle the blade while sliding the belt
around it. Make sure the engine does not start
at all while doing this job.
Loosen this screw
Shoulder
Shoulder
Screw
Screw
Front Drive
Cover
Belt
Transmission
Engine
Pulley
Left Front
Wheel
Right Front
Wheel
Handle
Bracket
Handle
Bracket
Rear Discharge
Door
Rear
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Flap