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Variable-speed
Battery Tray
Opening
Shift Lever
Rear Idler Pulley
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Drive belt (Lower)
U
Drive belt (Upper)
,Bet Keeper
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Belt Keeper [i,,
Double-Idler Bracket ......
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Llley
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Electric PTO Clutch
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Transmission
Transmission
Pulley
NOTE:
View shown from above tractor.
Front of Tractor
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Figure 16
Upper Drive Belt
• Locate the transmission
idler pulley on the upper drive belt by looking through the battery tray opening.
See Figure 16.
• Grasp the bracket and pivot the transmission
idler pulley toward the rear of the tractor to release
tension on the upper drive belt.
• Remove the belt from around the transmission
idler pulley.
• Remove the upper drive belt from around the transmission
pulley and the variable-speed
pulley.
NOTE:
Slowly rotate the pulley counterclockwise
to roll the belt off of it.
• Remove the upper drive belt by pulling it up through the battery tray opening.
• Reroute the new upper drive belt as shown in Figure 16.
Lower Drive Belt
NOTE:
Proper removal of the lower drive belt requires the removal of several tractor components.
Read
through the following procedure prior to attempting it to determine if you feel you could successfully
complete
it. tf you don't, see an authorized MTD service dealer to have the belt changed.
IMPORTANT:
Note the muting of the lower drive belt around both the pulleys and the belt keepers
BEFORE performing the following steps.
• Locate the variable-speed pulley by looking through the battery tray opening. See Figure 16.
• Remove the variable-speed pulley by loosening the hex bolt that affixes it to the transmission. Use a
second wrench to hold the hex nut on the bottom side of the pulley.
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