17. Using pli ers, ro tate the belt keeper bracket
so that it snaps into slot on the idler
bracket.
18. Tighten the idler pul ley bolt and locknut ½
turn us ing two 7/16" wrenches. See Fig ure
22.
19. Place belt be tween the two pul ley halves on
the crank
shaft. Make sure to route the belt
in side the belt guard pin. See Fig ure 26.
IM POR TANT:
For proper as
sem
bly, it
is es
sen
tial to keep the as
sem
bly
po si tioned as shown in Figure 26.
20. Pinch belt to gether so that it is not in the pul -
ley groove, and the lower pul
ley can be
pushed to wards the en gine. See Fig ure 27.
21. Pivot the con trol arm back to its orig i nal po si -
tion and re in stall the six-speed ca ble into the
slot.
22. Check and make sure the belt is routed in -
side the pul
ley halves and the belt guard
pin. See Fig ure 28.
23. Re in stall the bolt se cur ing trans mis sion to
rear mower hous ing.
24. Pivot the baf
fle back to its orig
i
nal po
si
tion
and se cure with three hex screws ear lier re -
moved. You will need a 3/8" socket for these
screws.
25. Lightly lu
bri
cate the crank
shaft and re
in
stall
blade and blade adapter as de scribed in the
“Cut ting Blade” sec tion.
26. Tip the mower back on its wheels.
27. Make cer tain to re test the unit for neu tral as
in structed in the Op er a tion Sec tion.
BATTERY PACK REPLACEMENT (Electric
start Models Only)
Re move the bat tery pack from the han dle panel
for re place ment only. Do not sep a rate the bat -
ter
ies for any rea
son. Dis
pose of bat
ter
ies
prop erly.
WARNING: Bat
teries con
tain sul
fu
-
ric acid which may cause burns. Do
not short cir
cuit or mu
ti
late in any
way. Do not put bat
ter
ies in fire.
They may burst or re lease toxic ma -
te rial.
When re
plac
ing bat
tery pack in han
dle
panel, bat tery pack must be po si tioned with
the pos
i
tive ter
mi
nal to the right hand side
and the neg
a
tive ter
mi
nal to the left hand
side of panel. See Fig ure 29. Re placing the
bat
tery pack in
cor
rectly will cause se
ri
ous
dam age.
The pos
i
tive lead on the wire har
ness has
the smaller con nec tor. Con nect the pos i tive
16
Figure 26
Belt
Lower
Pulley
Half
Belt Guard
Pin
Upper Pulley
Half
Figure 27
Belt
Lower Pulley
Half
Belt Guard
Pin
Figure 28
Figure 29
Positive
terminal
Negative
terminal
Fuse Holder
