Attaching The Pto Drive Belt - Toro 78395 Operator's Manual

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Figure 13
1. Wheel rod
2. Hairpin cotter
B. Slide the wheel rod back toward the center wheel as
far as it will go. The end of the control rod should
no longer be in the hole in the height of cut plate
(Fig. 13).
C. Install the hairpin cotter into the wheel rod hole
closest to the height of cut plate (Fig. 13).
9. Turn the two front mower wheels parallel to the tractor.
A. If the mower has not been leveled with the tractor,
set the height of the front wheels to the highest
position from the ground.
B. If the mower has been leveled with the tractor, refer
to Adjusting the Two Front Wheels, page 14.
10. Set the parking brake, lower the attachment lift, stop the
engine, and remove the ignition key.

Attaching the PTO Drive Belt

1. Remove the tractor grill.
Caution
Components under the hood will be hot if the
tractor has been running. If you touch hot
components you may be burned.
Allow the tractor to cool before performing
maintenance or touching components under the
hood.
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3. Rear center wheel
4. Height–of–cut plate
2. Release the belt tension release arm on the pulley box
housing and swing it out toward you (Fig. 14).
Figure 14
1. Belt tension release arm
2. Belt tension indicators
3. Belt tension adjustment
knob
3. Hang the belt over the mower and extend the belt
through the center of the pulley box, between the two
pulleys.
4. Position the belt into the groove of the PTO pulley
(Fig. 15), making sure it is also under the pulleys in the
pulley box.
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Figure 15
1. Pulley box pulley
2. PTO pulley
5. Loop the other end of the belt over the drive pulley of
the mower. Additional belt slack can be obtained (if
needed) by turning the belt tension adjustment knob
(Fig. 14).
6. Make certain that the wide side of the PTO drive belt is
toward the outside diameter of all (four) pulleys
(Fig. 16).
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4. Seating position for
tension arm
5. Belt tension released
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3. PTO drive belt