Transaxle Replacement; Remove Transaxle - Ariens Professional Sno-Thro Series Service Manual

TRANSAXLE REPLACEMENT

Remove Transaxle

IMPORTANT: Save all hardware for reinstallation.
1. Stop engine, remove key and wait for all moving parts
to stop and for hot parts to cool.
2. Disconnect spark plug wire from engine.
WARNING: AVOID INJURY. Before rotating unit
forward, drain fuel from tank and fuel system.
See Draining Fuel System on page 7. Make sure
unit is secure and will not tip.
3. Place unit in service position and remove bottom
cover. See Service Position on page 7 and Bottom
Cover Removal on page 14.
4. Return tractor to operating position and support
handlebars. Make sure unit is secure and will not tip.
5. Remove auger housing. See Separate Housing From
Frame on page 7.
6. Remove hardware retaining belt finger and remove
belt finger. See Figure 39.
7. Remove traction drive belt.
Figure 39
8. Remove hairpin and flat steel washer retaining traction
drive cable end to traction idler arm. Remove cable
end from arm. See Figure 40.
See Figure 41.
9. Loosen, but DO NOT remove hardware retaining
cable pulley to cable pulley bracket and remove
traction drive cable from pulley.
10. Remove hardware retaining cable pulley bracket to
frame and remove bracket.
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1. Cable Pulley
2. Cable Pulley Bracket
3. Traction Drive Cable
11. Remove hardware retaining idler pulley and remove
pulley. See Figure 42.
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Figure 40
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Figure 41