Service And Adjustments - Craftsman 917.375923 Owner's Manual

WARNING: To avoid serious injury,
before performing any service and
adjustments:
1. Release control bar and stop engine.
2. Make sure the blade and all moving
parts have completely stopped.
3. Disconnect spark plug wire from spark
plug and place wire where it cannot
come in contact with plug.
LAWN MOWER
TO ADJUST CUTTING HEIGHT
See "TO ADJUST CUTTING HEIGHT" in
the Operation sec tion of this manual.
REAR DEFLECTOR
The rear deflector, attached between the
rear wheels of your mower, is provided to
minimize the possibility that objects will
be thrown out of the rear of the mower
into the operator mowing position. Re-
place the rear deflector if dam aged.
Rear
baffle
Debris shield
Blade
Hardened washer
Lockwasher
Blade bolt

SERVICE AND ADJUSTMENTS

17
TO REMOVE DRIVE BELT
NOTE: Before tipping lawn mower to
remove drive belt, empty fuel tank by run-
ning engine until fuel tank is empty.
1. Turn lawn mower on its side with air filter
and car bu re tor up.
2. Remove blade bolt, lockwasher, hard-
ened washer and blade.
3. Remove debris shield.
4. Remove rear baffle.
5. Disconnect return spring from rear baffle
/ rear gearcase belt keeper.
6. Disconnect cable from rear gearcase.
7. Remove drive cover.
8. Remove front belt keeper.
9. Remove belt from front gearcase pulley.
10. Remove all three idler pulleys from idler
assembly.
11. Remove belt from blade adapter/engine
pulley and idler assembly.
12. Remove rear gearcase pulley by clamp-
ing locking pliars to input shaft (beneath
pulley) and loosening pulley with a 9/16"
box wrench.
13. Remove old belt from mower and discard.
Drive
cover