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Troubleshooting, Adjustment & Service
BELT REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT
Mower Deck Drive Belt:
1. Park machine on a flat, level surface.
2. Remove the mower deck shield.
3. Push idler pulley arm (A, Figure 15) towards the front
of the machine to relieve belt tension. Remove belt
from idler pulley (B) and PTO pulley (C).
4. Remove old belt from arbor pulleys and replace with
new belt. Make sure V-side of belt runs in all arbor
pulley grooves and flat side of belt runs against idler
pulley. See Figure 15.
5. Install belt to PTO pulley (C, Figure 15). Push idler
arm and install belt around idler pulley.
Transaxle Drive Belt:
1.Park machine on a flat, level surface.
2. Remove the rear shield.
3. Remove the mower deck drive belt from the PTO
clutch. See instructions above.
4. With a steel coat hanger, form a small hook. Insert
the coat hanger through the opening in the right-hand
side of the engine deck. Use the coat hanger to
remove the spring (A, Figure 16) from the anchor pin
(C).
5. Remove the belt from the idler pulley. Then remove
the belt from the transaxle drive pulley and pull
towards front of machine. Remove the belt from the
drive pulley on the engine and drop belt around the
PTO clutch to completely remove from machine.
6. Replace the old belt with a new belt. Install the new
belt around the PTO clutch and onto the drive pulley
on the engine. Reinstall belt onto the transaxle drive
pulley and then onto the idler pulley. Make sure the
V-side of the belt runs in the pulley grooves.
7. Using the coat hanger, reinstall the spring onto the
anchor pin.
8. Reinstall the rear shield.
Figure 15. Mower Deck Drive Belt
A.
Idler Pulley Arm
D. Right Arbor Pulley
B.
Idler Pulley
E. Left Arbor Pulley
C.
PTO Pulley
Figure 16. Transaxle Drive Belt
A.
Spring
B.
Drive Idler Arm
C.
Anchor Pin
C
A
B
