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BELT TENSION ADJUSTMENT
1. Check drive belt installation. Drive belt
must be installed between idler pulleys as
shown.
2. Drive belt should be checked to insure
that proper tension exists in order to pre-
vent premature belt failure.
Lift floating
idler from the upper strand
of
"V"
belt.
Belt
will
then become loose. Set floating
idler onto
"V"
belt and check clearance be-
tween the two strands of the
"V"
belt. The
distance between the two strands should not
be less than 1/2" a s shown.
SCAMP AND UTILITY MODELS
SERVICING
SELF-PROPELLED BELT DRIVE
3 .
To adjust belt tension; loosen four handle
bracket
mounting screws
(two on each
bracket) and two screws (one on each side)
located on the sides of r e a r height adjuster
bracket as shown. Slide entire self-propell-
ing mechanism in direction necessary to
obtain the proper
"V"
belt tension.
4. Care should be taken to insure that both
sides of the self-propelling mechanism
a r e
positioned equally
on the mower housing.
This can be accomplished
by measuring the
distance from
the front edge on the height
adjuster brackets to the' 1/4" diameter gage
holes located directly in front
of these
brackets as
shown. This distance must be
the same for
both sides. Before tightening
screws make sure the distance between the
strands of the
"V"
belt is not less than
1/2".
Tighten the four handle bracket
screws and the two side screws securely.
Reassemble
belt
guard
to
self-propel
mechanism
using
screws
previously
removed.
SAFETY WARNING
DO
NOT OPERATE MOWER WITH
BELT GUARD REMOVED.
SERVICE BULLETIN REFERENCES
10.51
REVISED 1983
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