Mower Drive Belt Installation; To Replace Mower Blade Drive Belt - Craftsman EZ 917.273121 Owner's Manual

• Check primary idler arm and two idlers
to see that they rotate freely.
• Be sure spring is securely hooked to pri-
ma_idler-arm and bolt in mower hous-
ing.
MOWER DRIVE BELT INSTALLATION
• Install belt in both idlers. Make sure belt
is in both belt keepers at the idlers as
shown.
Left Hand
Mandrel
Left Hand
Screws
Idler
Pulleys
• Install new-.belt onto electric clutch pul-
ley.
• 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.
Electric
Clutch
Pulley
Mower
Drive
Belt
Primary
Idler Arm
Keepers
TO REPLACE MOWER BLADE DRIVE
BELT
Park the tractor on level surface. Engage
""_rking brake.
- Rer_0ve mower drive belt (See "TO
REPLACE MOWER DRIVE BELT" in
this section of this mahual).
• Remove mower (See =TO REMOVE
MOWER" in this section of this manual).
• Remove screws from right hand man-
drel cover and remove cover. Unhook
spring from bolt on mower housing.
• Carefully roll belt off right hand mandrel
!_ulley.
• Remove belt from center mandrel pul-
ley, idler pulley, and left hand mandrel
pulley.
• Remove any dirt or grass which may
ba'_mccunaJlated around mandrels and
entire upper deck surface.
• Check secondary idler arm and idler to
see that they rotate freely.
• Be sure spdng is hookedin 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 ri_lht hand mandrel pulley.
Make sure belt is in all grooves properly.
• Reconnect spring to bolt in mower
housing and reinstall right hand mandrel
cover.
• Reinstall mower to tractor (See
=INSTALL MOWER AND DRIVE BELl"
in the Assembly section of this manual).
• Reassemble mower drive belt(See =TO
REPLACE MOWER DRIVE BELT" in
this section of this manual).
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