Changing The Deck Belt - Troy-Bilt Pony Operator's Manual

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s p i n d l e a s s e m b l Y . 5 e e F i g . 7 - 5 .
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To properly sharpen the cutting blades, remove equal amounts
of metalfrom both ends of the blades along the cutting edges'
paraltel to the trailing edge, at a 25" to 30'angle'
IMPORTANT: lf the cutting edge of the blade has already been
sharpened to within 1s/s" fromthe edge, or if any metal separation is
present, replace the blades with new ones. See Fig' 7-6'
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s h a r p e n e d , o r i f a n y m e t a l s e p a r a t i o n i s p r e s e n t , r e p l a c e t h e
b l a d e s w i t h n e w o n e s .
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e x c e s s i v e v i b r a t i o n , m a y d a m a g e t o t h e t r a c t o r a n d /
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and 90 lbs-ft.
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Changing
the Deck Belt
WARNING! Be sure to shut the engine off remove
i g n i t i o n k e y , d i s c o n n e c t t h e s p a r k p l u g w i r e t s a n d
g r o u n d a g a i n s t t h e e n g i n e t o p r e v e n t u n i n t e n d e d
starting before removing the belt'
W A R N I N G ! A l l b e l t o n y o u r t r a c t o r a r e s u b j e c t t o
w e a r a n d s h o u l d b e r e p l a c e d i f a n y s i g n s o f w e a r a r e
oresent.
I M P O R T A N T : T h e V - b e l t f o u n d o n y o u r t r a c t o r a r e s p e c i a l l y
d e s i g n e d t o e n g a g e a n d d i s e n g a g e s a f e l y A s u b s t i t u t e f n o n
O E M ) V - b e l t c a n b e d a n g e r o u s b y n o t d i s e n g a g i n g c o m p l e t e l ' '
F o r a p r o p e r w o r k i n g m a c h i n e , u s e f a c t o r y a p p r o v e d
b e l t s
T o c h a n g e o r r e p l a c e t h e d e c k b e l t o n y o u r t r a c t o r
p r o c ' e c a s ' : : r ' s
1 .
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b o t t o m n o t c h o n t h e r r g h t f e ^ d e r '
2 .
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3 .
R e m o v e t h e b e l t k e e p e r r o d f r o m a r o u n d I h e e n g i n e
p u l l e y
L o o s e n b u t
e n a b l e t h e
S e e F i g . 7 - 7
ldler Pulleys
l d l e r P u l l e Y N u t s
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W A R N I N G I A v o i d t h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f a p i n c h ' n g
i n j u r y . D o n o t p l a c e y o u r f i n g e r s o n t h e r d l e r s p r i n g
o i b " t * u " n t h e b e l t a n d a p u l l e y \ ' ' h r l e r e m o v i n g t h e
b e l t .
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