Install Drive Chain; Install Lift Rod; Disconnect Lift Links; Install V-Belt To Gearbox Pulley - Craftsman 842.242560 Owner's Manual

INSTALL DRIVE CHAIN
ASSEMBLY
INSTALL LIFT ROD
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• Place chain around large sprocket. (See Fig. 13A)
• Compress idler tension spring and install chain
around idler sprocket.
• Pull both loose ends of the chain toward the drive
sprocket.
• Assemble loose ends of the chain toward the drive
sprocket.
• Pull chain tight to allow the last roller of each end to
fit into adjacent notches of the drive sprocket.
• Insert connecting link up through the holes in the
chain and install link strap.
• Install retaining clip to secure link strap.
NOTE: Retaining clip must be installed with the
closed end toward the direction of rotation.
• Tighten idler tension nut until idler spring is
compress.ed to 5/8 to 3/4 of an inch.
• Pivot the Snow Thrower backward and lower the
mounting channel to the ground.
• Reinstall the Drive Chain Cover and six screws.
• Install adjustment anchor of Lift Rod through nole
in right end of front lift assembly and secure with
flat washer and small hair cotter pin. (See Fig. 14)
• Install Lift Rod through hole in strap of lift bar and
secure with flat washer and small hair cotter pin
with rod toward inside and pin to the outside.
DISCONNECT LIFT LINKS
• Temporarily disconnect control rod anchor of lift
link rod from front lift assembly at both sides
INSTALL V-BELT TO GEARBOX PULLEY,
• Install V-belt into groove around gearbox pulley
and place to left of the spring loaded idler pulley.· .
(See Fig 14) .
IDLER
TENSION
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LINK STRAP
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FRONT LIFT
ASSEMBLY
GEARBOX PULLEY
ADJUSTMENT
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FLAT WASHER
FIG. 14
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