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Section 4 - REPAIR & ADJUSTMENTS
WARNING
DO NOT attempt any maintenance, adjustments or
service with engine and blade running. STOP
engine and blade. Disconnect spark plug wire and
secure away from spark plug. Engine and
components are HOT. Avoid serious burns, allow
sufficient time for all components to cool.
4.4.1. Engine Drive Belt Replacement
(Continued From Previous Page)
5. Hold the slotted end of the drive disc bolt with a
screwdriver and remove the nut and internal tooth lock
washer. See Figure 4.16.
FIGURE 4.16
6. Lift the drive disc off the idler arm and remove worn
belt.
7. Loop one end of new belt over engine pulley and
insert the other end through slot in deck. See Figure
4.16.
8. Loop the belt around the pulley on the bottom of the
drive disc.
9. Reinstall drive disc and retaining hardware.
10. Align bushing in bracket and drive disc.
11. Reinstall blade hub and cutter blade. Recom-
mended torque for blade cap screw is 30 to 40 ft. lbs.
13. Use a stiff wire, such as a coat hanger, with a hook
fashioned on one end to pull the hooked end of the
idler spring through the large hole in the right wheel
bracket. See Figure 4.17.
14. Reinstall the driven disc assembly.
FIGURE 4.17
4.4.2. Transmission Poly-V Belt Replacement
1. Remove the driven disc. Refer to Section
Replacing Driven Disc Rubber Ring” for procedure.
4. Note the routing of the old belt around the
three pulleys before removing it. See Figure 4.18.
FIGURE 4.18
5. Place new Poly-V Belt over end of hex shaft
and onto driven pulley.
6. Work belt onto top of idler pulley.
7. Twist belt sideways and pull it upward between
the differential bracket and drive pulley and then
down into the pulley groove. Make sure the Poly-V
Belt is above belt guide. See Figure 4.18.
DRIVE
DISC
SLOT IN END
OF DRIVE
DISC BOLT
BUSHING
POSITION SCRAPER
TO CLEAR “V” OF
PULLEY
BOLT
RETAINER
INTERNAL TOOTH
LOCKWASHER
NUT
DECK BRACKET
(PARTIALLY
SHOWN)
IDLER
ARM
IDLER
SPRING
RIGHT WHEEL
BRACKET
IDLER
SPRING
PULL SPRING THROUGH
LARGE HOLE & HOOK
INTO SMALL HOLE
IDLER
PULLEY
DRIVE
PULLEY
DIFFERENTIAL
BRACKET
POLY-V
BELT
DRIVEN
PULLEY
BELT GUIDE
HEX SHAFT
ROUTING OF POLY-V BELT