Yard-Man 950 series Owner's Manual page 16

17. Using pli ers, rotate 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
inside the belt guard pin. See Fig ure 26.
IM POR TANT: For proper as sembly, it
is es sential to keep the as sembly
positioned 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 inal po si-
tion and re install 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 inal po sition
and se cure with three hex screws ear lier re -
moved. You will need a 3/8" socket for these
screws.
25. Lightly lu bricate the crank shaft and re install
blade and blade adapter as de scribed in the
"Cutting Blade" sec tion.
26. Tip the mower back on its wheels.
27. Make cer tain to re test the unit for neutral as
in structed in the Op er a tion Sec tion.
BATTERY PACK REPLACEMENT (Electric
start Models Only)
Remove the bat tery pack from the han dle panel
for replacement only. Do not separate the bat -
teries for any rea son. Dis pose of bat teries
prop erly.
WARNING: Bat teries con tain sul fu-
ric acid which may cause burns. Do
not short cir cuit or mu tilate in any
way. Do not put bat teries in fire.
They may burst or release toxic ma -
te rial.
When re placing bat tery pack in han dle
panel, bat tery pack must be po sitioned with
the positive ter minal to the right hand side
and the neg ative terminal to the left hand
side of panel. See Fig ure 29. Replacing the
battery pack in correctly will cause se rious
dam age.
The pos itive lead on the wire har ness has
the smaller connector. Con nect the pos itive
Upper Pulley
Half
Belt Guard
Pin
Figure 26
Lower Pulley
Half
Figure 27
Figure 28
Fuse Holder
Positive
terminal
Figure 29
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Belt
Lower
Pulley
Half
Belt
Belt Guard
Pin
Negative
terminal