Attach Clutch Idler Assembly To Tractor - Craftsman 486.24837 Operator's Manual

42"- 2 stage snow thrower tractor attachment
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STEP11: (SEEFIGURE 11)
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Find the cable clip that is attached to the left side
of the tractor frame underneath the footrest. Open
the clip and remove the mower clutch cable. Do not
remove the clip from the tractor frame. The cable
reattaches to the clip when using the mower deck.
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Move the attachment clutch lever on the dash panel to
the disengaged position.
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Place the clutch/idler assembly on the floor on the left
side of the tractor.
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Attach the tractor's mower clutch cable to the cable
bracket on the clutch/idler assembly. Secure the cable
housing guide (groove down) to the cable bracket
using the original collar and a 5/64" hair cotter pin.
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Place a 1/4" spacer on the welded pin on the idler
arm. Hook the end of the clutch cable spring over the
pin and secure it with a 1/4" washer and a 5/64" hair
cotter pin.
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Align cable bracket with welded pin and tighten the
nut assembled in step 9.
TRACTOR'S
CLUTCH CABLE
CABLE
BRACKET
1/4" SPACER
5/64" HAiR
COTTER PiN
FIGURE 11
ATTACH CLUTCH
iDLER ASSEMBLY TO TRACTOR
STEP 12: (SEE FIGURE 12)
Attach the clutch/idler assembly to the tractor frame.
Hook the notched rear pulley frame brackets onto the
two shoulder bolts assembled to the outside of the
tractor frame. Lift the front of the assembly and attach
it to the R.H. and L.H. hanger brackets using two pivot
lock pins and 1/8" hairpin cotters.
Loosely attach the mower clutch cable to the left side
of the tractor frame with a nylon tie. Do not pull the
nylon tie completely tight. The cable may need to be
removed from the nylon tie when using the mower
deck.
11
PIVOT LOCK PiN
1/8" HAiRPiN
NYLON TiE
(use this hole)
COTTER
J
L.H. HANGER
SHOULDER
BOLT
FIGURE 12
VIEWED FROM LEFT SiDE
STEP 13: (SEE FIGURE 13)
Assemble the drive belt onto the engine pulley first
and then onto the large pulley on top of the clutch/
idler assembly. The belt must be placed inside the
engine pulley belt keeper(s) and between the large
pulley and the keeper bolt next to it.
iMPORTANT:
Do Not assemble the "V" belt outside of
the engine pulley keepers or outside of the keeper bolt
next to the large pulley.
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Go to step 48 on page 22.
ENGINE
PULLEY
KEEPER
\
ENGINE
PULLEY
KEEPER
/
Left Side
of Tractor
PULLEY
KE!PEI
BOLT
FIGURE 13
VIEWED FROM UNDERNEATH

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