To Replace Mower Blade Drive Belt; Mower Drive Belt Installation - Craftsman EZ3 917.273021 Owner's Manual

• Check primary idler arm and two idlers
to see that they rotate freely.
• Be sure spdng 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.
SCOWS
Left Hand
Mandrel
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.
• Remeve mower drive belt (See '30
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 right hand man-
drel cover and remove cover. Unhook
spring from bolt on mower housing.
• Carefully roll belt off right 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. pccumulated around mandrels and
entlf_upper deck surface.
• Check secondary idler arm and idler to
see that they rotate freely.
i e sure spnng 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 bolt over right hand mandrel pulley.
i Make sure is grooves properly.
belt
in all
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 ddve belt (See "TO
REPLACE MOWER DRIVE BELT" in
this section of this manual).
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