Install Mower And Drive Belt - Husqvarna YTH2148 Owner's Manual

ASSEMBLY
• For ease of mower to tractor assembly, raise gauge
wheels to highest position and retain with clevis pins
and spring retainers.
• Adjust gauge wheels before operating mower. See "TO
ADJUST GAUGE WHEELS" in the Operation section
of this manual.
RETAINER SPRING
PIN
ADJUSTING
SHOULDER BAR
BOLT _
GAUGE
WHEEL
3/8WASHER
318-16 CENTER
LOCKNUT
FIG. 5
INSTALL MOWER AND DRIVE BELT
(See Figs. 6 and 7)
Be sure tractor is on level surface and mower suspension
arms are raised with attachment lift control. Engage park-
ing brake.
• Cut and remove ties securing anti-sway bar and belts.
Swing anti-sway bar to left side of mower deck.
• Slide mower under tractor with deflector shield to right
side of tractor.
IMPORTANT: Check belt for proper routing in all mower
pulley grooves.
• If equipped, turn height adjustment knob counter-
clockwise until it stops.
• Lower mower linkage with attachment lift control.
• Install belt into electric clutch pulley groove.
• Place the suspension arms on outward pointing deck
pins. Retain with double loop retainer spring with loops
up as shown.
• Install front plate assembly to tractor suspension
brackets and retain with single loop retainer springs
as shown.
Position front plate assembly between front mower
brackets. Raise deck and plate assembly to align holes
and insert flanged pins. Secure pins with double loop
retainer springs between the plate and mower brack-
ets.
NOTE: To assist in locating hole in flanged pin, the hole in
pin is inline with notch on head of pin. If necessary, move
mower side-to-side to give space between plate and mower
brackets.
IMPORTANT: Check belt for proper routing in all mower
pulley grooves.
• Connect anti-sway bar to chassis bracket under left
footrest and retain with double loop retainer spring.
• If equipped, turn height adjustment knob clockwise to
remove slack from mower suspension.
• Raise deck to highest position.
• Adjust gauge wheels before operating mower as shown
in the Operation section of this manual.
GAUGE
WHEEL
CHASSIS
BRACKET
ELECTRIC
CLUTCH PULLEY
FRONT
MOWER
BRACKET
FRONT SUSPENSION BRACKETS
PLATE
ASSEMBLY
FLANGED PIN
SINGLE
LOOP
RETAINER
SPRINGS
DOUBLE LOOP
RETAINER SPRING
USE PLIERS FOR
RETAINER SPRINGS
LOOPUP
ANTI-SWAY
BAR
SUSPENSION
ARMS
DOUBLE LOOP RETAINER
SPRING (OUTWARD POINTING
DECK PINS)
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\ DEFLECTOR
SHIELD
FIG. 6
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