Craftsman 536.8818 manual HOW to Replace the Belts, How To Remove the Auger Drive Belt

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HOW TO REPLACE THE BELTS

The drive belts are of special construc- tion and must be replaced with original equipment replacement belts available from your nearest Sears service center.

Some steps require the assistance of a second person.

How To Remove the Auger Drive Belt

If the auger drive belt is damaged, the snow thrower will not discharge snow. Replace the damaged belt as follows.

1.Disconnect the spark plug wire.

2.Loosen the bolte on each side of the bottom panel (see Figure 27).

3.Remove the bottom panel.

Bolt Bottom

Panel

Auger

Housing

olt

Figure 27

4.Remove screw from belt cover. Remove the belt cover (see Figure 25).

5.Loosen the belt guide. Pull the belt guide away from the auger drive pulley (see Figure 29).

6.Pull the idler pulley away from the auger drive belt and slip the auger drive belt off of the idler pulley.

7.Remove the auger drive belt from the engine pulley. To remove the auger drive belt, the engine pulley may have to be partially rotated.

8.Remove the top four bolts that hold

together the auger housing and

 

the motor box. Loosen the bottom

 

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two bolts. The auger housing and the motor box can now be split apart for removal of the belt (see Figure 28).

9.Remove the old auger drive belt from the auger drive pulley. Re- place the auger drive belt with an original factory replacement belt available from an authorized service center (see Figure 29).

10.Install the new auger drive belt onto the auger drive pulley. NOTE: To assemble the auger housing to the motor box, have someone hold the auger clutch

lever in the ENGAGED position. This will move the idler arm and

pulley enough to allow the auger drive pulley to move back into position.

11.Assemble the auger housing to the motor box with the four bolts that

were removed in step 8. Tighten the bottom two bolts.

12.Install the auger drive belt onto the engine pulley.

13.Slip the auger drive belt under the idler pulley.

14.Adjust the auger drive belt. See "How To Adjust The Auger Drive

Belt" in the Service And Adjustment section.

15.Adjust the belt guide. See "How To Adjust The Belt Guide" in the Ser- vice And Adjustment section.

16.Install the belt cover. Tighten ecrew (See Figure 25).

17.Check the adjustment of the cables. See "How To Check And Adjust The Cables" in the Service And Adjust- ment section.

18.Install the bottom panel (see Figure 27).

19.Tighten the bolts on each side of the bottom panel.

20.Connect the spark plug wire.

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