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WARNING:
Beforeinspecting, cleaning or servicing the machine,shut off engine, wait for all
moving parts to come to a complete stop, disconnect spark plug wire and move wire away from
spark plug. Failureto follow these instructions can result in serious personal injury or property
damage.
C (E)
Removebelt
from groove
Figure5-9: Disconnect Forward Clutch Red
andmoveforward drivebeltouto1groove in
engine forward drivepulley.
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Threads_
_D
Figure5-10: Oneor twothreads on Forward
Clutch Rodshould beexposed above rectan-
gularnuI.
NOTE: While pushing inward on the
forward idler arm, be sure that the
forward drive belt is moved off to the
right side of the tiller. This creates
more room to install the clevis pin
when the forward idler arm is pushed
inward.
IMPORTANT: When the clevis pin is
installed in the inner hole of the forward
adjustable link, the number of additional
belt tension adjustments are limited. If,
with future tension adjustments, you find
that you cannot screwthe forward clutch
rod any farther into the rectangular nut on
the forward clutch bracket it means that
Figure 5-13
the forward drive belt must be replaced.
Beforedoing so. the clevis pin must be
returnedto the OUTSIDEhole in the
forward adjustable link.
8. Replacethe forward drive belt in the
To Checkand AdjustTensionon the Re-
verse DriveBelt:
1. Removethe belt cover after first shut-
ting off the engine, disconnecting the
spark plug w_re.and allowing the engine
High speed groove Igroove closest to en-
and muffler to cool down.
gine) orthe Low speed groove (rearmost)
groove of the enginedrive pulleyand in the
matching groove of the transmission pul-
ley. Be sure the belt is to the inside of the
wire formed belt guide (I, Figure5-12) and
to the inside of the forward drive idler pul-
ley (J)
2. Standat the front of the tiller and use
your left hand to push the reverse idler
arm (K, Figure 5-13) inward as far as pos-
sible _thereverse idler pulley [L] is at-
tached to the reverse idler arm
Hold the idler arm in this position and look
at the position of the belt tension guide
mark (M, Figure5-14 that is stamped rote
theface of the reverse adjustable link q N
Figure5-14).
• The tension is correct if the guide mark
(M, Figure5-14) is anywhere to the left of
the guide pin (0), as viewed from the
Figure5-12: Topviewofbeltsandpulleys.
9. Reinstallthe belt cover and secure it
with the two nuts.
Figure 5-11: Remove clevis pinfromouter
In R^_,,. _t th^ f^rw°r" "riv ^ _'^ltt"n^i_n
Figure 5-14: Whilepushing reverseidlerarm #l-
holeinforwardadjustablelinkandmovetoin-.iv_ ,_u_u_ _.u.
,1u.u _u_
_ _u
ward,standatengineendandcheckpositionof
nerholein link
BYTOll0wmg t he Inszructl°ns In _ec[!0n ;_
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HandlebarHeight Adjustment.
grade mark(M)andgu!de P!n(o).
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