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Craftsman 917.374711 Owner's Manual page 17

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TO REIVIOVE/REPLACE
DRIVEBELT
CAUTIOH: DISCOHNECTBATI'ERVCOHHECTOR
FROM ENGIEIEAND SPAREPLUG WIRE FROM
SPAREPLUG. PLACE WIRE WHEREIT CANNOT
COMEIH CONTACT WITH SPAREPLUG. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO ADJUST HEIGHTOF CUTUNLESS T HE
LAWH ._ftOWER tS SILTINGUPRIGHT. PERSONAL
........
!NJURY MAY RESULT. . ..................
..........
o
Remove
Grass Catcher
from lawn
mower.
o
Set lawn mower
in number six (6) height of cut.
DO
NOT
change
height
setting
unless
lawn
mower
is on its Wheels
in normal
operating
position.
o
Turn lawn mower
on its side with Carburetor
up_
o
Locate the Belt Tension Spring
and Retaining
Pin
on the Back Plate of lawn
mower.
Using a piece
of wire,
pull the end of Tension
Spring through the hole and remove Retaining
Pin
(See Fig. 23)_
Remove
the
HiWac
Baffle,
See
Fig°
24
for
fastener
locations°
o
Remove Cable Clamp
and slip Cable Ends out of
Mounting
Slots (See Fig. 24A).
o
Tilt Driven Pulley forward
until it is resting against
Torque
Bracket
(See Fig. 24A).
Remove
Locknut
on top of Driven
Pulley.
This will
allow
you to
remove
the Belt Keeper
and Belt.
o
Loosen Bolt holding
Belt Snubber
(See Fig° 24A),
and slip Belt off of Engine Pulley and over Blade.
To instatt new Belt, slip Belt over Blade and into
Engine Pulley. Readjust
Belt Snubber
and tighten
Bolt (See Fig° 25 on page
18).
Place
Belt on Driven
Pulley
and
reinstall
Belt
Keeper,
Spacer,
Spring and Locknut as shown in
Fig. 24A.
(Do Not tighten
Locknut at this time).
o With
Driven
Pulley
resting
against
the Torc_ue
Bracket,
rotate
the Belt Keeper
until right
edge
of Keeper
is approximately
1/16"
from the Tor-
que Bracket
(See FiB
25A
on page
18) and
tighten
Locknut.
o
Slip Cable
Ends back into Mounting
Slots and
reinstall
Cable
Clamp_
o
Using a piece of wire,
pull the Tension Spring
through
the hole in the Back Plate and reinstall
the Retaining
Pin (See Fig. 25B on page
!8).
DO NOT over stretch Spring
as damage
to the
Spring
may result.
o
Reinstall
Hi-Vac
Baffle_
WIRE
_ACK
PLATE
W_RE
RETAINING
PIN
FIG. 23
i LOCKNOT
/
i
I
I
L__B_-"_HI.VAC
BAFFLE
BELT
CABLE
ENGINE
./"
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_
T
\
"_--#_
__-T----_.?_
_k _
":_
]CLAMP
CRANKSHAFT_.
,_.
,_,_: _ /S'_}/
_"_
I'--
PO LE " LJ
,q
"'----t_.,_-_
LARGE
DPdVEN
PULLEY
_
.....
,_,-.---1
4-20
SCREW
FIG. 24
ENGINE
MOUNTING
BOLT
!
I:'
BELT
KEEPER
:
BELT
SNUBBER-
SPRING
\"
_""
_ LOCKNUT-._-
o
_
DRIVEN
PULl
CABLE
TORQUE
_ BRACKET
CLAMP
FIG. 24A
17

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