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TRANSAXLE DRIVE BELT REMOVAL |
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1. | Remove the battery. |
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2. Remove the mower housing. See the instructions on “How To |
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| Remove The Mower Housing”. |
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3. Remove the variator brake arm the the top of the frame |
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| channel (see Figure 38). The variator brake arm can be |
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| accessed through the battery box opening under the seat. |
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4. Remove the variator Idler spring. |
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5. REMOVE the two screws on the right side of the variator |
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| assembly bracket (see Figure 38). LOOSEN the two screws |
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| on the left side of the variator assembly bracket. | Transaxle | |
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| Drive Belt |
| Variator |
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| Assembly Bracket |
| Variator |
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| Idler Pulley |
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| Transaxle |
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| Input Pulley |
| REMOVE | LOOSEN | Figure 40 |
| Two Screws | Two Screws |
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| 10. Pull down on the variator assembly and remove the engine |
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| drive belt from the variator pulley (see Figure 41). Then, |
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| remove the transaxle drive belt from the variator pulley. |
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| Variator | 11. A correct replacement belt or assistance is available from an |
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| Authorized Service Center in your area. | |
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| Brake Arm | |
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| Variator |
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| Idler Spring | Figure 38 |
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6. Remove the shifter rod from the transaxle shifter link (see |
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| Figure 39). |
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| Variator |
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| Assembly |
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| Transaxle |
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| Shifter Link | Transaxle |
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| Drive Belt |
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7. | Remove the transaxle drive belt from the transaxle input |
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| pulley (see Figure 40). |
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8. | Slip the transaxle drive belt off of the variator idler pulley. | TRANSAXLE DRIVE BELT INSTALLATION | |||
9. | Slide the transaxle drive belt forward over the transaxle | 1. | To install the transaxle drive belt, reverse the above steps. | ||
| input pulley (see Figure 40) and then over the transaxle | 2. | Install the mower housing. See the instructions “How To Install | ||
| shifter link (see Figure 39). |
| The Mower Housing”. |
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