Drive Belt - MTD 700 Series Professional Shop Manual

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Drive Belt

Belt keeper
screws and
spacers
Belt keeper tabs
Bolt Lock washer
Flat washer
Tensioning pulley
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Figure 6.15
Stack pulley Spacer
(Rounded shoulder
towards engine)
Figure 6.16
Stationary idler pulley
Figure 6.17
1. To remove the transaxle drive belt, begin by removing
the cutting deck and the front deck stabilizer link. The
procedure in the operator's manual or the procedure
described in the "DECK REMOVAL" section of this
manual will provide some guidance, if necessary.
2. Set the Parking Brake.
3. Remove the crankshaft pulley using a 5/8" wrench.
See Figure 6.15.
NOTE: Pulley Hardware: The pulley is secured by a bolt,
lock washer, and a heavy flat washer. A spacer is
positioned above it on the crankshaft, with the top
edge radius matching the step in the crankshaft.
The key is integral with the stack pulley.
See Figure 6.16.
4. Release the parking brake.
5. Loosen, but do not remove the nut that secures the
drive belt tensioning pulley to the tensioner bracket
using two 9/16" wrenches. See Figure 6.17.
6. With the pulley loosened slightly, the belt will slip off
between the lip of the pulley and the belt keeper.
Hydrostatic Transaxles
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