Service & Adjustments - White Outdoor Smart Speed 565 Operator's Manual

SECTION 7: SERVICE & ADJUSTMENTS
Replacing Drive Belt
1. Remove two shoulder screws securing the front
drive cover to the mower deck. See Figure 13.
Belt
Shoulder
Screw
Transmission
Figure 13
2. Press inward on the sides of the front drive cover
and release the tabs that secure the front drive
cover to the height adjuster brackets. Remove drive
cover from the mower.
3. Remove the idler and accompanying hardware
from the idler bracket using 7/16" wrench and
socket.
4. Remove the belt from the transmission pulley.
5. Lift and stabilize the front of the deck.
6. Loosen the center hex bolt and lower the blade and
engine pulley until there is adequate clearance to
move the belt past the belt keeper.
7. Lift the mower to access the belt from the underside
of the mower.
WARNING:
Use a thick piece of rag to
handle the blade while sliding the belt in the
next step. Make sure the engine does not start
at all while doing this job.
8. Slide the belt off the engine pulley and around the
blade. See Figure 14 .
9. Replace with the new belt, working around the
blade. Make sure the belt is firmly seated on the
engine pulley while pulling from the other side and
sliding it around the transmission pulley.
Reassemble the idler bracket. Tighten all
hardware.
10. Put the mower down with all four wheels firmly
placed on one level.
Shoulder
Screw
Replacing Rear Flap
1. To remove rear flap, cut off the flat end of the wire
Front Drive
rod which secures it to the deck. See Figure 15 .
Cover
2. Attach the new flap and new rod to deck, bending
the ends of the new rod over to secure to deck.
Handle
Bracket
Adjusting Cutting Height
An adjusting plate and thumb lever at each wheel
position provides cutting height adjustment. Each
adjusting plate has nine height positions.
1. Simply depress the lever towards wheel and move
it to any of the nine positions for the desired cutting
height. See Figure 16.
2. Place all four levers on the four wheels in the same
relative position for uniform cutting.
13
Engine Pulley
Figure 14
Rear Discharge
Door
Rear
Flap
Figure 15
Drive
Belt
Handle
Bracket