How To Adjust The Belt Guide; How To Adjust Or Replace The Friction Wheel - Craftsman 536.881121 Owner's Manual

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ger Drive Belt" in the Service And
Adjustment section.
9. Adjust the belt guide. See "How To
Adjust The Belt Guide" in the Ser-
vice And Adjustment section.
10. Install the bolts on each side of the
motor mount frame. See Figure 31.
11, Tighten the bolts on each side of the
motor mount frame.
12. Install the belt cover. Tighten screw.
See Figure 28.
13, Check the adjustment of the cables.
See "How To Check And Adjust The
Cables" in the Service And Adjust-
ment section.
14. Connect the spark plug wire.
HOW TO ADJUST THE BELT GUIDE
1. Disconnect spark plug wire.
2. Remove the screw. Remove the
belt cover. See Figure 28.
3. Engage the auger drive lever.
4,
Measure the distance between the
belt guide and auger drive belt,
The correct distance is 1/8 inch
(3.175 mm). See Figure 33.
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Auger __'_" _\\f 1/8 Inch
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Pulley _'_ -4_ \\
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Figure 33
5, If an adjustment is necessary, loos-
en the mounting bolt for the belt
guide, Move the belt guide to the
correct position. Tighten the
mounting bolt for the belt guide,
6. Install the belt cover. Tighten the
screw. See Figure 28.
7. Connect the spark plug wire.
HOW TO ADJUST OR REPLACE
THE FRICTION WHEEL
How To Check The Friction Wheel
If the snow thrower will not move for-
ward, check the traction drive belt, the
traction drive cable or the friction wheel.
If the friction wheel is worn or damaged,
it must be replaced. See "How To Re-
place the Friction Wheel" in this section.
If the friction wheel is not worn or dam-
aged, check as follows.
1. Remove the gas from the gas tank.
Stand the snow thrower up on the
front end of the auger housing.
,_ WARNING: Drain the gasoline
outdoors, away from fire or
flame.
2, Disconnect the spark plug wire,
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3. Remove the bolts on each side of
the bottom panel. See Figure 34.
4. Loosen the bolts on each side of
the bottom panel.
5. Remove the bottom panel.
Remove Top Bolt
(each side)
Bottom
Panel
Motor
Frame
Auger
Housing
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Loosen bottom bolts
(Each Side) Figure 34
6. Position the shift speed lever in
the first forward gear.
7. Note the position of the friction
wheel on the disc drive plate (See