Craftsman 917.254640 Owner's Manual page 19

REPAIR
I 7. Motion Drive Belt Removal
The tractor drive belt may be replaced without tools. Park
the tractor on level area. Engage parking brake. NOTE:
A BELT INSTALLATION DECAL IS UNDER LEFT
FOOTREST.
a. Remove mower, (See page 20).
b. Remove two retainer springs from belt guide
bracket below transaxle pulley. Remove
bracket (#ig, 22).
c . Swing belt guides away from belt, toward rear
of tractor (Fig, 22).
d, Roll belt over top of transaxle pulley.
e. Roll bett over engine pulley and off idler (Fig.
23),
f . Release parking brake. Pull belt as far as possi-
ble over top of clutch pulley,
g. Reset parking brake. Pull belt over top of
clutch pulley (Fig. 23).
h , Pull belt out through shift gate to remove from
tractor (Fig, 24).
Install belt by reversing above procedure.
NOTE: REPLACE ONLY WITH BELT LISTED tN MANUAL.
AND ADJUSTMENT
CLUTCH
PULLEY
ENGINE
PULLEY /
DRIVE BELT
INSTALLATION
DECAL
L,H. SIDE
BELT GUIDE
REAR
VIEWED FROM BOTTOM OF TRACTOR
FIGURE 23
TRANSAXLE
PULLEY
BELT
BELT
f l
RETAINER BELT GUIDE RETAINER
SPRING BRACKET SPR_NG
FIGURF2 2
SHIFT GATE
FIGURE 24
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