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Checking
Forward Drive
Belt
Tension
A
WARNING
Stop the
engine.
allow it to cool. disconnect
the spark plug wire and pre
vent
it
f
rom
touch
ing
the spark plug
. then
remove the
Engine
Ignition key before
performing
any
maintenance on
your tiller.
Failure to
follow these instructions
could
re-
sult in
personal
injury or
property damage.
This test for the correct
tension
on
the forward
drive
belt is the same check
that
you used when
adjusting
the handlebar height.
Please
refer
to
Section
3. Handlebar
Height
Adjustment.
for the correct
procedures. If
you get
the
3/16"
to
5/16"
gap that is
mentioned
in the
Handlebar
Height Adjustment procedure. the
tension on the forward drive
belt is
correct.
If you are unable to
get
the
3/16"
to
5/16"
gap
when the
lower
end of the Forward Clutch Rod is
in
the correct hole in
the swivel plate.
your belt
may
be worn and you may have to make the
seconda
ry adjustment
to the
forward drive
belt
idler to take up
slack.
Please
refer
to "Adjusting
the
Forward Drive
Belt Tension"
in
this
Section.
Checking the
Reverse Drive Belt Tension
A
WARNING
Stop
the engine.
allow it to
cool.
disconnect
the spa
rk
pl
ug wire
and prevent it f
rom
touch
ing the
spark plug
.
then remove the
Engine
Ignition
key
before
performing any
maintenance on your
tiller.
Failure to
follow these instructions
could
re-
sult in
personal injury
or property
damage.
1. Remove
the two nuts that secure th
e belt
cover
to the
tiller.
2.
Position yourself at the front of the
tiller
and
use
your left hand to push the
reverse
idler
arm
inward as far as possible. While holding
the arm
at this positio
n.
look at the posit
ion
of the
belt
tension guid
e mark
on the
reverse adjustable
link.
See Photo
5-13.
3.
The belt
tension is correct
if
the guide mark
is
anywhere
to
the left
(as
viewed
from the front of
the tiller)
of the
pin.
If the
guide
mark is
aligned
with.
or moves to the
right
side of the
pin.
then
the
belt
is too
loose
and it must be
adjusted.
See
"Adjusting Reverse
Drive Belt
Tension
"
in
this
Section.
Photo
5-13
:
The gu
id e
mark
on
th
e
Re
verse
Adjustable Link (all models).
4. If the belt tension is
correct.
reinstall the
belt
cover and secure
it with the two
nuts.
ADJUSTING
THE
FORWARD
DRIVE
BELT
TENSION
A
WARNING
Stop the engine,
allow
it to
cool, disconnect
the spark plug wi
re
and
preve nt
it f
rom
touching the spark
plug .
then
remove the
Engine
Ignition key
before
performing
any
maintenance on
your
tiller.
Failure to
follow
these instructions
could
re-
sult in
personal
injury or
property
damage.
To
correctly adjust the tension on
the
forward
drive
belt. you must first
make certain that
the
lower end of the Forward
Clutch Lever
is
in the
correct
hole in the
swivel plate
as
described
in
Section
3.
Handlebar
Height Adjustment.
If. after the handlebar height
adjustment
has
been
performed,
you
are
still
unable
to get
the
3/16" to
5/16"
gap as
described
in
that
proce
-
dure.
you will
have
to
make
a secondary
adjust-
ment to compensate
fo
r the
slack
in
the worn
belt. Do this as
follows:
1. Remove
the
inner
hairpin
cotter
from the lower
end of the Forward Clutch
Rod.
2.
Unscrew the Forward
Clutch Rod
(counter-
clockwise
as viewed from front of tiller)
until
the
threaded
upper end
of the Forward Clutch Rod
protrudes slightly
above
the
rectangular nut in
the
Forward
Clutch
bracket.
See Photo
5-14.
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