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Loosen this screw
Right Front Left Front
Wheel Wheel
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Shoulder
Screw
Screw
Transmission
Front Drive
Cover
Figure 14
• Slide the belt off the engine pulley and around the
blade. See Figure 15.
,_.= WARNING: As always, use a thick piece of
_rag to handle the blade while sliding the belt
_ around it. Make sure the spark plug is
disconnected and grounded for this iob.
• Replace with the new belt, working around the
blade. Make sure the belt isfirmly 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.
Pulley
Figure 15
ReplacingRearFlap
• 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.
Rear Discharge
Door
Handle
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Bracket
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\
\
Handle
\ Bracket
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R_r
Rap
Figure 16
SECTION8: MAKINGADJUSTMENTS
HandleHeight
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.
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