How To Replace The Belts - Craftsman 536.885601 Operator's Manual

SERVICE AND ADJUSTMENT
HOW TO REPLACE THE BELTS
_ ARNING: Before you remove a belt, disconnect
the wire from the spark plug.
Blade Drive Belt
1. Remove the front belt cover (see Figure 23).
2. Remove the blade drive belt from the engine stack pulley
(see Figure 24).
3. Remove the blade drive belt from the mandrel pulley.
NOTE: Replace the blade drive belt with an original
equipment belt. See a Sears service center in your area.
4.
5.
Make sure the the cable adjuster is turned so that all adjust-
ment is removed the the blade drive cable. See "How To Ad-
just The Blade Drive System".
To install a new blade drive belt, put the belt around the
mandrel pulley. Make sure that the "V" side of the belt is
against the mandrel pulley.
6. Put the blade drive belt onto the bottom pulley of the en-
gine stack pulley. Make sure that the flat side of the blade
drive belt is against the idler pulley.
7. Check the routing of the blade drive belt as shown in the
illustration.
Motion Drive Belts
1. Remove the rear belt cover (see Figure 23).
2. Remove the blade drive belt from the engine stack pulley
(see Figure 24).
3. Remove the secondary drive belt from the transmission.
4. Remove the primary drive belt from the engine stack
pulley and from the variator.
5. Remove the secondary drive belt.
NOTE: Replace the motion drive belts with original
equipment belts. See a Sears service center in your
area.
6. To install new motion drive belts, reverse the above steps.
Rear Cover
Front Cover
Figure23
Secondary
Drive
Belt
Transmission
Variator
Primary
EngineStack
>ulley
Figure 24
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