Craftsman 247.298770 Owner's Manual page 15

REMOVING AND REPLACING BELTS
1_ Remove bell cover remove three boils, two
nuts and !wo fiat washers. See figure 36.
_CAUTION
HOT muffter in the area of belt
cover Only remove the belt cover
when engine is cool
FIGURE 38,
4 Place the gear shift lever in one o! the forward
gears (as far forward as possible)
5 Pull the idler pulley down by hand and remove
the belt from idler pulley and transmission
pulley See figure 39
FIGURE 36.
2 To remove the front belt (short) pull gear shift
lever back to Reverse (R) position and hold,
With a 7t !6" wrench remove three screws and
Iockwashers holding the friction disc, See
figure 37°
FIGURE 39.
6. Remove the forward belt (short) from the
variable speed pulley and slip beit off the
engine pulley. See figure 40_
7. Remove rear belt (long) and replace with new
belts
FIGURE 37.
3. Hold the gear shift lever in Reverse (R)
position and slip the belt off engine pulley,
towards the engine as shown in figure 38
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NOTE
Upon reassembly make sure the
short belt is inside the guide pins.
See figure 41_