Toro 14AP80RP544 manual Pivoting Idler Pulley

WARNING: Avoid the possibility of a pinching injury. Do not place your fingers on the idler spring or between the belt and the pulley while removing the belt.

To change or replace the deck belts on your tractor, proceed as follows:

•Lower the deck by moving the deck lift lever into the bottom notch on the right fender.

•Remove the belt guards by removing the self- tapping screws that fasten them to the deck.

•To ease in removing the belt in later steps, loosen, but do not remove, the bolt which secures the pivoting idler pulley to the idler bracket.

•Insert a 3/8”-drive ratchet wrench (set to loosen) into the square hole found in the idler bracket on the left side of the deck’s surface. See Figure 23.

•Grasp the ratchet’s handle and pivot it toward the front of the tractor to relieve tension on the belt.

•With belt tension relieved, carefully remove the belt from around the left-hand spindle pulley.

Belt Guard

Pivoting Idler Pulley

Idler Bracket

3/8” Square Hole

Spring

Figure 23

IMPORTANT: Carefully allow the ratchet to pivot rearward before removing it from the square hole.

•Remove the deck belt from around all pulleys, including the deck idler pulley.

•Route the new belts (deck belt first). See Figure 24.

•Remount the belt guards removed earlier.

Figure 24

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