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• Check primary idler arm and two idlers
to see that they. rotate freely.
• Be sure spring 0ssecurely hooked to pd-
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
cill
rH_
• 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
Pdmanj
Idler Arm
Keepers
TO REPLACE
MOWER
BLADE DRIVE
BELT
Park the tractor on level surface.
Engage
parking brake.
• Remove 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 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 accumulated
around mandrels and
entire-upper
deck surface.
i
heck secondary idler arm and idler to
see that they rotate freely.
Be sure spring is hooked in secondary
idler arm end sway-bar bracket.
Install new belt on lower groove of left
hand mandrel pulley, idler pulley, and
center mandrel pulley as shown.
i
oll belt over dght hand mandrel pulley.
Make sure belt is in 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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