Maintenance
Replacing the Drive Belt
Belt type: Gates Hi-Power B52
1. Using a 13mm wrench or socket, remove the four bolts, lock
washers and flat washers that retain the pulley cover.
2. Remove the pulley cover (see Figure 16).
3. Using a 10mm wrench or socket, remove the 2 bolts attaching
the top rear cover at the back of the machine just under the
engine.
4. Using 17mm wrenches remove the 4 bolts holding on the second
rear cover, just below the first.
5. Using 10mm wrenches, loosen/remove the battery to gain access
to the bolts holding on the fuel tank mount.
6. Using 13mm wrenches remove the 4 bolts holding on the fuel
tank mount. The first two are best accessed through the opening
of the removed pulley cover. The second two are best accessed
from the rear of the machine through the opening made by
taking off the two rear covers.
7. Using a 13mm wrench, remove the top nut from the belt tension
spring mounting stud (see Figure 17).
8. Using a hooked-end pulling tool, remove the top belt tension
spring from the mounting stud by hooking the tool in the spring
end and pulling the spring up and over the stud.
9. Slip the old drive belt from the blade pulley first, followed by the
clutch pulley, and remove the belt through the access point at the
rear of the machine.
10. To install the new belt, follow the above procedure in the
reverse order making sure that the belt is on the inside of the
tension pulley.
Note:
If the replacement belt cannot be worked on, you may need
to remove the 4 bolts securing the engine mount as well and slide
the engine slightly toward the blade pulley.
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Figure 16
Figure 17
STEP 7
STEP 3
BELT TENSION
MOUNTING STUD
BLADE
PULLEY
