Toro 96889SL Lawn Mower User Manual


 
Greensmaster 1000/1600 Traction and Reel Drive SystemsPage 4 – 9
Reel Drive Belt Replacement
Removal
1. Park mower on a level surface. Make sure engine
is OFF. Remove high tension lead from the spark plug.
2. Remove cap screws (56), washers (57) and reel
drive cover (49) to expose reel drive belt (41) (Fig. 11).
3. Remove cap screws, flat washers, and nuts secur-
ing grass shield to shield brackets. Move grass shield to
access the cap screw securing the idler pulley (Fig. 8).
4. Loosen cap screw (2) securing the pulley support
spacer (58) (Fig. 11).
5. Pivot idler pulley counterclockwise away from the
reel drive belt to loosen belt tension. Remove reel drive
belt from the clutch pulley and drive pulley (Fig. 12).
Installation
1. Park mower on a level surface. Make sure engine
is OFF. Remove high tension lead from the spark plug.
2. Place a new reel drive belt onto the clutch pulley and
drive pulley (Fig. 12).
3. Adjust reel drive belt tension and reinstall reel drive
cover (see Reel Drive Belt in the Adjustments section).
4. Reinstall grass shield to shield brackets with cap
screws, flat washers, and lock nuts (Fig. 8).
1. Idler pulley
2. Reel drive belt
3. Clutch pulley
4. Drive pulley
Figure 12
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Reel Drive Idler Pulley and Bearing
Removal
1. Remove reel drive belt from the reel drive assembly
(see Reel Drive Belt Replacement Removal).
2. Remove cap screw (2) and lock washer (47) from
the pulley support spacer (58). Remove idler pulley as-
sembly from the clutch housing (Fig. 11).
Disassembly (Fig. 13)
Note: The idler pulley assemblies for the reel drive
and drum drive assemblies are identical.
1. Remove cap screw, lock washer, and flat washer
from the pulley support spacer. Pull spacer from the idler
pulley.
2. Remove snap ring. Pull ball bearing from the idler
pulley.
Assembly (Fig. 13)
1. Press new ball bearing into the idler pulley. Press
pulley support spacer into the ball bearing and idler
pulley.
2. Install snap ring into idler pulley. Secure flat washer,
lock washer, and cap screw into the pulley support
spacer.
Installation
1. Make sure engine is OFF. Remove high tension
lead from the spark plug. Park mower on a level surface.
1. Position cap screw (2) with lock washer (47) into the
clutch housing (1). Start cap screw into pulley support
spacer (58) of the idler assembly until lock washer just
starts to compress. Do not over tighten (Fig. 11).
2. Reinstall reel drive belt to the reel drive assembly
(see Reel Drive Belt Installation).
1. Cap screw
2. Lock washer
3. Flat washer
4. Pulley support spacer
5. Idler pulley
6. Snap ring
7. Ball bearing
Figure 13
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Traction and Reel
Drive System