Choosing Wheel And Tine Speeds - Troy-Bilt 682J-Horse Operator's Manual

Section4: Operation
The HiGH speed belt range position
combined with a FAST wheel speed
setting propels the tiller at the fastest
pace. Reduce the engine throttle speed
when starting out to help avoid personal
injury or property damage if using this
speed combination.
3. Kneel on fefiside of tiller. To create
beit slack, reachover to right side of the
pulieys and push in at the center of the
beit with a finger. At the same time, use
your ieft hand to work the belt part=way
onto the iower=front transmission pulley
groove (Figure 4=10).
Figure 4-11: Low range to high
range. Shows moving belt from top=
rear groove onto top-front groove.
7. Check both sides of the high range
puiiey grooves to verify that the belt is
properly seated.
Figure 4o10: Low range to high range.
Shows moving belt from lower-rear
groove onto IowerWront groove.
Changing Belt Frem HiGH Range te
LOW
Range
1. To avoid personal injury, shut off
engine, iet aii moving parts come to a
complete stop, then disconnect spark
plug wire from spark piug and move wire
away from spark piug before making any
adjustments. Let engine and muffler cool.
2. Move the Wheels/Tines/PTODrive
Leverinto NEUTRAL.
3. Stand on Ieft side of tiiier. Use your
right hand to hold the Wheels/Tines/PTO
Drive Lever up into REVERSE position.
4. Go to the other side of the tilier to Useyour ieft hand to move the belt off
finish seating the belt onto the putley top-front engine puiiey groove to top-rear
groove, engine pulley groove (Figure4-12).
5. Working from the left side of the tiller, _ ::::
work the bett as much as possibie onto
the top-front engine pulley groove (Figure
4-11).
6. Finish seating the belt from the right
side of the tiller.
JNIPORTANT: Proper beittension is
important for good performance. See
Section 5, Drive Belt Maintenance for
information on belt maintenance schedule
and procedures.
NOTE: If extra belt slack is needed to
move the belt, just raise the
Wheels/Tines/PTO Drive Lever up into
REVERSE.This iowers the engine puiley,
and creates more slack.
Figure 4-12: High range to low
range. Shows moving belt from top-
front groove onto top-rear pulley
groove.
4. Go to right side of tiller and finish
seating the beit.
5. Stiil holding the iever up in REVERSE
position, and working from the ieft side of
the tiiier, move the beit from the lower=
front transmission groove to the lower-
rear transmission groove.
6. Go to the right side of the tiiier and
finish seating the belt (Figure 4-13).
Figure 4-13: High range to low
range. Shows moving belt from
Io wet= front on to Io wet-rear groo re.
7. Checkthat the bett is fully seated in the
pulley grooves. Checkthis from both
sides of the tiiier.
Choosing Wheel
and Tine Speeds
Your tilier has four FORWARD wheei/tine
speed combinations for handling a variety
of tiiiing tasks and gardening jobs. Exper-
iment with the fine depth, engine speed,
and wheel/fine speed and determine the
combination that provides the best
results. Here are some tips:
1. Advancethe throttle lever so the engine
has sufficient power.
2. When tiffing untiiied or hard earth, do
not set the Depth Regulator too deep.The
tiiier will buck and the engine will load
down.
3. You will know your settings are ideal
when the tines break-up the soil easily,
the engine does not iabor, and your
progress is steady and smooth.
See Table 2, Wbee/Speedand Bett Range
Se/ectionGuide for recommendations.
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