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SiMI31
SERVICE
AND
REPAIR
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Remove the
lower
sprocket
from
the
drive
sprocket
shaft
and
remove
the
sprocket
and chain
as
described
in
paragraph
To Remove
Drive
Chain.
Remove
the
bogie wheel and
support
assemblies.
Refer
to
paragraph
To Remove Bogie Wheel and
Support
Assembly.
Remove the
traction
belt
take-up
assembly.
Refer
to
paragraph
To Remove
Traction
Belt
Take-
Up
Assembly.
Using a
screw
driver,
carefully
pry
the oil
seals
(figure 14) away
from
the
bearings
at
each
end of
the
drive
shaft.
Figure 14
Remove the
carriage
bolts
and
nuts
securing
the
bearing
retainer
to
the
chain
case
side
of the
main
frame.
Remove
the
retainer.
During
reassembly
apply No. 2
lithium
bearing
grease
to the
bearing
retainers.
Move the
drive
shaft
and
spr
ocket
assembly
toward
the chain
side
until
the
opposite end of the
shaft
clears
the
bearing
retain
er
. Remove
the
drive
sprocket
assembly.
To
replace
the
sprockets,
remove
the
ball
bearing
and oil
seal.
Remove
the
screws
and nuts
securing
the
support
plate
and
sprocket
to the
drive
shaft
and
sprocket
plate
assembly.
Remove the
sprocket.
16
Remove the
screws
and nuts
securing
the
sprocket
plates
to the
idler
wheel. Remove
the
idler
wheel by
stretching
wheel
over
the
sprocket
plate.
Reassembly
is
the
reverse
of
removal.
During
reassembly
follow
instructions
outlined
in
the
para-
graphs
Track
Tension Adjustment,
Track
Alignment
and
Drive
Chain Adjustment.
To
Remove
Traction Belt
Remove the bogie
assemblies.
Refer
to
para-
graph
To Remove Bogie Wheel and Support
As-
sembly.
Remove the
traction
belt
take-up
assembly.
Refer
to
paragraph
To Remove
Traction
Belt
Take-
Up
Assembly.
NOTE:
It
is
not
necessary
to
dis-
assemble
the
traction
belt
take-up
assembly
when
removing
the
traction
belt.
Remove the
drive
sprocket
assembly.
Refer
to
paragraph
To Remove
Drive
Sprocket
Assembly.
Remove the tracti."on
belt.
Reassembly
is
the
reverse
of
removal.
During
reassembly
follow
instructions
given
in
paragraphs
Traction
Belt
Alignment, and
Drive
Chain
Adjust-
ment.
Traction Belt
Adjustment
IMPORTANT: The
traction
belt
must
be checked
regularly
for
proper
alignment
and tension. When
necessary
to
adjust
the
belt,
first
perform
the
trac-
tion
belt
alignment
and then complete the
traction
Traction Belt Tension Alignment
Set the snowmobile on a
level
surface
and
raise
the
back
end
so
the
traction
belt
clears
the ground.
Stand to
rear
of
sled
and
visually
check the
space
between the
frame
tunnel and the edges of the
trac-
tion
belt.
On
a
properly
aligned
track
this
space
should be the
same.
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