Manual

SECTION7: SERVICE& ADJUSTMENTS
ReplacingDriveBelt
• Remove two shoulder screws securing the front
drive cover to the mower deck. See Figure 13.
Belt
Shoulder
jScrew
Screw
Transmission Front Drive
Cover
Figure 13
• Press inward on the sides of the front drive cover
and release the tabs that secure the front drive
cover to the height adjuster brackets. Remove drive
cover from the mower.
• Remove the idler and accompanying hardware
from the idler bracket using 7/16" wrench and
socket.
• Remove the belt from the transmission pulley.
• Lift and stabilize the front of the deck.
• Loosen the center hex bolt and lower the blade and
engine pulley until there is adequate clearance to
move the belt past the belt keeper.
• Lift the mower to access the belt from the underside
of the mower.
WARNING: Use a thick piece of rag to
handle the blade while sliding the belt in the
next step. Make sure the engine does not start
at all while doing this job.
• Slide the belt off the engine pulley and around the
blade. See Figure 14.
• Replace with the new belt, working around the
blade. Make sure the belt is firmly seated on the
engine pulley while pulling from the other side and
sliding it around the transmission pulley.
Reassemble the idler bracket. Tighten all hardware.
• Put the mower down with all four wheels firmly
placed on one level.
Belt
Figure 14
ReplacingRearFlap
• To remove rear flap, cut off the flat end of the wire
rod which secures it to the deck. See Figure 15.
• Attach the new flap and new rod to deck, bending
the ends of the new rod over to secure to deck.
Rear Discharge
Door
Handle
Bracket
Bracket
Rear
Flap
Figure 15
AdjustingHandleHeight
Your mower is shipped with the handle in the higher
height position.
• Remove the starter rope from the rope guide.
• Remove the upper handle by removing the hand
knobs and carriage bolts. Lay the upper handle out
of the way, being careful not to bend or kink cables.
• Remove the hairpin clips from the weld pins on the
handle brackets. Refer to Figure 4.
• Remove the carriage bolts and wing nuts from the
handle brackets. Press out on the legs of the lower
handle. Remove lower handle from the mower.
• Turn the lower handle around so the notch on the
bottom of the lower handle is facing forward as
shown in Figure 16. Reassemble, placing the
bottom holes in the handle over the weld pins in the
handle mounting bracket.
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