Ariens Deluxe 30, Service Manual

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EN – 58
Remove Bearing From Right Side of Unit
IMPORTANT: Save all hardware for reinstallation.
1. Stop engine, remove key and wait for all moving parts
to stop and for hot parts to cool.
2. Disconnect spark plug wire from engine.
3. Place unit in service position. See Service Position on
page 7.
4. Remove tracks. See Remove Track on page 54.
5. Remove bottom cover. See Bottom Cover Removal on
page 12.
6. Remove E-ring from axle end and remove axle from
differential, but DO NOT completely remove axle from
unit. See Figure 139.
See Figure 146.
IMPORTANT: Two flat steel washers will fall when short
axle is removed from differential gear.
7. Hold differential gear in place and remove short axle.
8. Remove differential gear.
IMPORTANT: Make sure sleeve bushings remain in short
axle ends.
See Figure 147.
9. Loosen, but DO NOT remove hardware securing
mount plates to carriage side plates.
IMPORTANT: Loosen mount plates on both sides of unit.
10. Remove sleeve bushing seated between flange
bearings on side plate and frame. See Figure 148.
WARNING: AVOID INJURY. Before placing unit
in service position, drain fuel from tank and fuel
system. See
Draining Fuel System on page 7.
Make sure unit is secure and will not tip.
Figure 146
Figure 147
Figure 148