Mower Drive Belt Installation; To Replace Mower Blade Drive Belt - Craftsman EZ3 917.273041 Owner's Manual

• Check primary idler arm and two idlers
to see that they rotate freely.
• Be sure spring is securely hooked to pri-
mary 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.
Screws
Left Hand
Mandrel
Cover _'_
,try,
Left Hand _'
• 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
Idler
Pulleys
Primary
Idler Arm
Keepers
TO REPLACE MOWER BLADE DRIVE
BELT
Park the tractor on !evel surface. Engage
parking brake.
• Remove mower drive belt (See "TO
REPLACE MOWER DRIVE BELT" in
this section of this manual).
• Remove mower (See rl'O 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
pulley.
• Remove belt from center mandrel pul-
ley, idler pulley, and left hand mandrel
pulley.
• Remove any dirt or grass which may
have accumulated around mandrels and
entire upper deck sudace.
• Check secondary idler arm and idler to
see that they rotate freely.
idler arm and sway-bar bracket.
Be sure spring is hookedin secondary
install new belt in |ower groove of left
hand mandrel pulley, idler pulley, and
center mandrel pulley as snown.
Roll belt over riovht hand mandrel pulley.
_Make belt in all properly.
sure
IS
grooves
Reconnect spring to bolt in mower
housing and reinstall right hand mandrel
cover.
• Reinstall mower to tractor (See
=iNSTALL MOWER AND DRIVE BELT"
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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