Deck Belts (46" Deck)

•Place the lift lever all the way forward.

•Disconnect the spring which is attached to a bracket on the transaxle inside the right rear wheel. Use a spring puller or other suitable tool.

NOTE: When reassembling, make certain belt keeper pins are assembled in the same locations from which they were removed. See Figure 22.

•Place the lift lever in the BLADES STOP position.

•Remove the belt keeper pins from the lower frame. Refer to Figure 22.

•Unhook the deck belt from the engine pulley.

•Place the lift lever in the engaged (all the way forward) position.

Self-Tapping Screws

Deck

Belt Cover

Self-Tapping

Screws

Pulley

Belt Cover

 

 

 

•Reassemble new belts, following instructions in reverse order.

Drive Belt

•Depress the clutch pedal and set the parking brake.

•Remove the deck from the lawn tractor.

•Raise and block the front wheels of the lawn tractor so you can work under it.

•Remove the transmission panel by removing the parking brake knob and truss machine screws.

•Raise the seat. Disconnect the battery cables. Remove the battery from the unit.

•Disconnect the idler pulley spring which is attached to a bracket on the frame, inside the left rear wheel. Use a spring puller or other suitable tool.

See Figure 25.

Engine

Center Bolt, Lock

Pulley

Washer, & Flat Washer

 

Drive

Belt

Idler

Pulley

Figure 24

Deck Pulley

Idler

Idler

Pulley

Pulley Spring

 

Transmission

Bracket

Pulley

Figure 25

•Disconnect the stabilizer plate from the stabilizer shaft assembly by removing the hairpin clips and the flat washers and sliding out the rod. Refer to Figure 17.

•Disconnect the six deck links by removing the hairpin clips and flat washers.

•Place the lift lever in the BLADES STOP position.

•Slide the deck from beneath the lawn tractor.

•Remove the top deck drive belt by lifting up on the stabilizer plate, and slipping belt off the pulley.

•Remove the belt cover at the two outside deck pulleys, by removing the self-tapping screws. See Figure 24.

•Release the tension on the spring loaded idler by pushing the idler toward the rear of the deck.

•Remove the belt from around the idler pulleys, and remove from the three deck pulleys. See Figure 24.

•Remove the three self-tapping screws from the cooling fan. Remove the fan.

•Remove the center bolt, lock washer and flat washer, and let the engine pulley drop down so the belt is past the belt guards. See Figure 25.

•Roll the belt off of top sheave of engine pulley, onto the pulley hub.

•Remove the belt from the transmission pulley and engine pulley, and remove from the unit.

•Reassemble using a new belt, following instructions in reverse order.

Hydrostatic Transmission Cooling

The hydrostatic transmission is cooled by the oil, fan and fins. If the hydrostatic transmission runs hot, check to see if the fan is in operating condition, the oil level is correct and the fins are clean.

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