Install Traction Drive Belt; Drive Idler Assembly Replacement; Remove Attachment Drive Idler Assembly - Ariens Sno-Thro Professional Series Service Manual

Install Traction Drive Belt

See Figure 20.
1. Install belt onto traction sheave and traction drive
pulley.
2. Return swing gate assembly into upright position and
thread stop bolt fully back into tractor frame.
3. Reconnect traction idler spring onto tractor frame and
then traction idler arm.
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1. Traction Sheave
2. Traction Drive Pulley
3. Stop Bolt
4. Traction Idler Spring
4. Reinstall auger housing to frame. See Reinstall Auger
Housing on page 11.
5. Adjust traction drive clutch. Refer to Operator's
Manual for adjustment procedure.
6. Reconnect spark plug wire.
IMPORTANT: Check all adjustments after first use.
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Figure 20
DRIVE IDLER ASSEMBLY
REPLACEMENT

Remove Attachment Drive Idler Assembly

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.
3. Remove auger housing. See Separate Housing From
Frame on page 7.
4. Disconnect attachment brake spring from frame. See
Figure 21.
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Figure 21