To Replace Mower Blade Drive Belt; Mower Drive Belt Installation - Craftsman EZ3 917.273022 Owner's Manual

• Check primary idler arm and two idlers
to see that they rotate freely.
• Be sure spring is securely hooked to pri-
mary idler arm and bolt in mower hous-
ing.
MOWER DRIVE BELT INSTALLATION
• Install belt in both idlers. Make sure belt
is in both belt keepers at the idlers as
shown.
Screws
Left Hand
Mandrel
Cover_
Left Hand
• Install new belt onto electric clutch pul-
ley.
• Roll belt into upper groove of left hand
mandrel pulley.
• Carefully check belt routing making sure
belt is in the grooves correctly and
inside belt keepers.
• Reassemble left hand mandrel cover.
Electric
Clutch
Pulley
Idler
Pulleys
Primary
Idler Arm
Keepers
TO REPLACE MOWER BLADE DRIVE
BELT
Park the tractor on level surface. Engage
parking brake.
Rerndve mower drive belt (See "TO
REPLACE MOWER DRIVE BELT" in
this section of this manual).
• Remove mower (See "TO REMOVE
MOWER" in this section of this manual).
• Remove screws from fight hand man-
drel cover and remove cover. Unhook
spring from bolt on mower housing.
• Carefully roll belt off fight hand mandrel
pulley.
• Remove belt from center mandrel pul-
ley, idler pulley, and left hand mandrel
pulley.
• Remove any dirt or grass which may
have accumulated around mandrels and
en-fitTre u pper deck surface.
Check secondary idler arm and idler to
see that they rotate freely.
Be sure spring is hookedin secondary
idler arm and sway-bar bracket.
Install new belt in lower groove of left
hand mandrel pulley, idler pulley, and
center mandrel pulley as shown.
• Roll belt over right hand mandrel pulley.
Make sure belt =sin all grooves properly.
• Reconnect spring to bolt in mower
housing and reinstall right hand mandrel
cover.
• Reinstall mower to tractor (See
"INSTALL MOWER AND DRIVE BELT"
in the Assembly section of this manual).
• Reassemble mower drive belt (See "TO
REPLACE MOWER DRIVE BELT" in
this section of this manual).
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