Belt Maintenance; Inspecting The Belts; Replacing The Mower Belt - Toro Z Master 6000 Professional Series Operator's Manual

Belt Maintenance

Inspecting the Belts

Service Interval: Every 50 hours
Replace the belt if it is worn. The signs of a worn belt
include squealing while the belt is rotating; the blades
slipping while cutting grass; and frayed edges, burn
marks, and cracks on the belt.

Replacing the Mower Belt

1. Disengage the blade-control switch (PTO), move
the motion-control levers to the N
position, and engage the parking brake.
2. Shut off the engine, remove the key, and wait
for all moving parts to stop before leaving the
operating position.
3. Lower the mower to the 76 mm (3 inch)
height-of-cut.
4. Loosen the bottom bolt holding the mower-deck
curtain to the mower deck. Refer to
the Mower-Deck Curtain (page
5. Remove the sheet-metal guard. Refer to
Removing the Sheet-Metal Guard (page 39)
6. Remove the belt covers
Figure 83
1. Push the tab down
7. Use a ratchet in the square hole in the idler arm
to remove tension on the idler spring
8. Remove the belt from the mower-deck pulleys.
9. Remove the belt guide on the spring-loaded
idler arm (Figure
10. Remove the existing belt.
11. Install the new belt around the mower pulleys
and the clutch pulley under the engine
84).
EUTRAL
Releasing
38).
(Figure 83).
2. Remove the belt cover
(Figure
84).
(Figure
-
LOCK
1. Clutch pulley
2. Mower belt
3. Spring-loaded idler pulley
4. Ratchet
12. Install the belt guide on the idler arm
13. Using the ratchet in the square hole, install the
idler spring
Note:
seated in the anchor grooves.
14. Install the belt covers
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84).
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Figure 84
5. Square hole in the idler
arm for the ratchet
6. Idler-grease fitting
7. Belt guide
(Figure 84).
Make sure that the spring ends are
(Figure 85).
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(Figure 84).