Changing The Transmission Drive Belt; Changing The Deck Belt - Craftsman PGT9000 Operator's Manual

9. Removethebowtie cotterpin connectingthedeck swayrod to the
tractorframe.See Figure13.
Rod
Figure13
10. Removetheclick pin and flat washeras shownin Figure14.Then
slidethe deck supportrod out of the deck mount.
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DeckNtabiliz_er R od
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Figure14
11. Gentlyslidethe cuttingdeck (from the rightside)out from
underneaththe tractor.
CHANGING THE TRANSMISSION DRIVE
BELT
Several c omponentsmustbe removed and specialtools usedinorder
to changethe tractor'stransmissiondrivebelt. See a Searsor other
qualifiedservicedealerto havethe transmissiondrivebelt replaced.
CHANGING THE DECK BELT
Shutthe engineoff and removeignition key beforeremovingthe
cuttingblade(s)for sharpeningor replacement. P rotectyourhands
usingheavygloveswhengraspingbladesand pulleys.
TheV-belts foundon yourtractorare speciallydesignedto engage
and disengagesafely.A substitute(non-OEM)V-beltcan be danger-
ous by notdisengagingcompletely.Fora properworkingmachine,
use factoryapprovedbeltsas listedin the PartsList of this manual..
All belts on yourtractorare subjectto wearand shouldbe replacedif
any signsof wear are present. Tochangeor replacethe deck belton
yourtractor,proceedas follows:
1. Removethe deck as instructedin the CuttingDecksection.
2. Removethe beltcoversfrom theouter spindlesby removingthe
hexwasherscrewsthat fastenthem to the deck.See Figure15.
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_ler
Belt KeeperZ
Rod
Hex Washer [
Screw
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Figure15
3. Loosen,but do not removethe belt keeperrodon the deck idler
pulleylocatednear the backof the deck. See Figure15.
4. Removethe deck beltfrom aroundthe threespindlepulleysand
the two deck idlerpulleys.
NOTE:Theidlerpulleysmay haveto be loosened,butnot removed,in
order to removethebelt from aroundthem.Referto Fig. 16 on the next
page.
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