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Figure 9
1. Belt tension release arm
2. Belt tension indicators
3. Belt tension adjustment
knob
4. Seating position for
tension arm
5. Belt tension released
3.
Extend the belt through the center of the pulley box,
between the two pulleys.
4.
Position the belt into the groove of the PTO pulley
(Fig. 10), making sure it is also under the pulleys in the
pulley box.
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Figure 10
1. Pulley box pulley
2. PTO pulley
3. PTO drive belt
5.
Hang the belt over the mower, then thread it forward
through the belt guide (Fig. 11) on the mower.
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Figure 11
1. Belt
2. Belt guide
6.
Loop the other end of the belt over the drive pulley of
the mower. Additional belt slack can be obtained (if
needed) by turning the belt tension adjustment knob
(Fig. 9).
7.
Make certain that the wide side of the PTO drive belt is
toward the outside diameter of
all (four) pulleys (Fig.
12).
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Figure 12
1. Pulley outside diameter
2. Wide side of belt
8.
Adjust the belt tension.
A. Push the belt tension release arm toward the pulley
box to tension the belt.
B. Check the tension indicators on front of the pulley
box. The two arrow points on the indicators should
line up (Fig. 9).
C. If the tension indicators do not line up, release the
belt tension, turn the adjustment knob and repeat
steps A through C until the indicators line up
(Fig. 9).