Removing Blades With Bearings - Husqvarna Rider PR 17 Workshop Manual

Removing Blades with Bearings

!
WARNING!
Use gloves and protective eyewear
when working with the cutting unit.
You can recognise this unit by the fact that
the collar on the bearing housing is located
on the top of the unit's cover.
1. Remove the cutting unit's upper cover,
see "Changing the Belt on the Cutting
Unit" on page 88.
2. Loosen the spring (1) that tensions the
V-belt and pull the belt off.
3. Remove the screws holding the pulley
(2). Lock the blade with a wooden block
or hold the belt pulley in place, with an oil
filter wrench, for example.
Do not lose the key that sits between the
pulley and the shaft. Remove the pulley.
A puller may be required for this.
4. Loosen the four screws that hold the
blade bearing and remove the entire
bearing assembly from the cutting unit.
5. Place the bearing housing in a vice and
remove the blade and washers.
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REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS
Belt tensioner spring and belt pulley
Locking the blades
Screws, blade bearing
Blade bolt