Traction Drive Cable Adjustment - Craftsman 536.881851 Operator's Manual

TRACTION DRIVE CABLE ADJUSTMENT
1. Run the engine until the fuel tank is
empty and the engine stops.
2. Stand the snow thrower up on the
front end of the auger housing.
3. Loosen the bolts on each side of
the bottom panel (see Figure 34).
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Bolt Bottom Panel
\_'_ Bolt
Figure 34
4. Remove the bottom panel.
5. Disconnect the "Z" fitting from the
drive lever (see Figure 32).
6. Slide the cable boot off the cable
adjustment bracket (see
Figure 35),
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Push the bottomof the traction
drive cable through the cable ad-
justment bracket untilthe "Z"
hook can be removed.
8. Remove the "Z" hook from the
cable adjustment bracket. Move
the "Z" hook down to the next ad-
justment hole,
9. Pull the traction drive cable up
through the cable adjustment
bracket.
10, Put the cable boot over the cable
adjustment bracket.
11. Install the "Z" hook to the traction
drive lever (see Figure 32),
12, To check the adjustment, depress
the drive lever and check the length
of one of the drive springs, In cor-
rect adjustment, the length of the
drive spring is:
minimum 3" (76 ram,)
maximum 3-3/8" (85 mm.)
(see Figure 36).
3-3/8"max. 7S_
Traction /
Drivoo=,o//
Cable _
Cable Adjustment /_ "Z" Hook
Bracket Figure35
- Drive Spring
gure 36
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