Sears 917.25446, 917.25004 owner manual Mower Removal, Mower Blade Drive Belt Replacement

7. Mower Removal

a_ . Remove mower drive belt., (See "MOWER DRIVE BEL T

REMOVAL" page 22, through step 3.)

b..Pull belt off engine pulley (Fig.. 39).

c, Pull retainer springs out of rear suspension trunnions. Remove rear suspension trunnions from lift brackets (Fig 41)

d.Pull retainer spring out of rear hinge pine Remove rear hinge pin (Fig. 4 !).

ePuff retainer spring out of front hinge pin, Remove front hinge pin (Fig. 41) and parallel link.

fUse lift lever to raise suspension arms. Sfide mower out from under tractor.

STALL MOWER OR REMOVE PARALLEL

A BEFORE DRIVING YOUR TRACTOR, IN- LINK (FIG, 41).

NOTE: IF AN ATTACHMENT OTHER THAN THE MOWER DECK IS TO BE MOUNTED ON THE TRACTOR, THE L H. AND R.H. SUSPENSION ARMS (FIG. 41) SHOULD BE REMOVED

ENGINE/

'_PULLEY

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MOWER

PARALLEL

LINK

FIG URE 39

L H IDLER

NUT PULLEY

MOWER DRIVE

BELT

&Mower Blade Drive Belt Replacement

a.Remove mower drive belt (See page 22)

b Removemowerfromtractor. (See'MOWERREMOVAL," above. )

c Pullbeft towards rearofmowerat tensioningpulfey (Fig 42_. Place a block between tension bracket and mower

lift bracket. Roll belt off tensioning pulley,

d.Roll belt off all other pulleys.,

e.Sfide belt from under spring.,

f Toinstallbelt, reverseaboveprocedure Makesurebeft is engaged in all pulleys,

MOWER

BLADE

BELTTENSIONING

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TENSION//

BRACKET

BLOCK

MOWER

LIFT

BRACKET

FIGURE 42

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SPRING

_'R.H IDLER

PULLEY

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FIGURE 40