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MOWER DRIVE BELT INSTALLATION
• Install belt in both idlers.
Make sure
belt is in both belt keepers at the idlers
as shown.
• Install new belt onto electric clutch
pulley.
• Roll belt into upper groove of left hand
mandrel pulley.
• Carefully check belt routing making
sure belt is in the grooves correctly and
inside belt keepers.
• Reassemble
left hand mandrel cover.
Screws
L.H. Mandrel
Electric
Clutch
Idler
• Reconnect
spring to bolt in mower
housing and reinstall
right hand
mandrel cover.
• Reinstall mower to tractor (See "IN-
STALL MOWER
AND DRIVE BELT" in
the Assembly section of this manual).
• Reassemble
mower drive belt (See "1-(_
REPLACE MOWER
DRIVE BELT" in
this section
of this manual).
L. H. Mandrel
Mower Blade
Ddve Belt
Mandrel
Idler Pulley
R.H,
Mandrel
,Cover
L.F
Mandrel
Primary
Idler Arm
Keepers
TO REPLACE
MOWER BLADE DRIVE
BELT
Park the tractor on level surface.
Engage
parking brake.
• Remove mower drive belt (See "TO
REPLACE MOWER
DRIVE BELT" in
this section of this manual).
• Remove mower (See "TO REMOVE
MOWER" in this section of this manual).
• Remove four screws from right hand
mandrel cover and remove cover.
Unhook spring from bolt on mower
housing.
• Carefully roll belt off right hand mandrel
pulley.
• Remove belt from center mandrel
pulley, idler pulley, and left hand
mandrel pulley.
• Remove any dirt or grass which may
have accumulated
around mandrels
and entire upper deck surface.
• Check secondary idler arm and idler to
see that they rotate freely.
• Be sure spring is hooked in secondary
idler arm and sway-bar bracket.
• Install new belt in lower groove of left
hand mandrel pulley, idler pulley, and
center mandrel pulley as shown.
• Roll belt over right hand mandrel
pulley. Make sure belt is in all grooves
properly.
idler
Sprit
Anti-Sway-Bar
Brackel
Scr
TO ADJUST BRAKE
Your tractor is equipped with an adjust-
able brake system which is mounted on
the right side of the transaxle.
If tractor requires more than six (6) feet
stopping distance
at high speed
in
highest gear, then brake must be ad-
justed.
• Depress clutch/brake pedal and
engage parking brake.
• Measure distance between brake
operating arm and nut =A" on brake red
• If distance is other than 1-1/2", loosen
jam nut and turn nut =A" until distance
becomes 1-1/2".
Retighten jam nut
against nut "A".
• Road test tractor for proper stopping
distance as stated above,
Readjust if
necessary.
If stopping distance is still
greater than six (6) feet in highest gear
further maintenance is necessary.
Contact your nearest
authorized
service center/department.
With Parking
Brake
"Engaged"
Nut "A"
Jam Nut
25
Operating
Arm
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