Bolens 12226 owner manual I P K, Maintenance, Reinstall the belt cover

Section 5: Maintenance 21

WARNING

Before inspecting, cleaning or servicing the machine, shut off engine, wait for all moving parts to come to a complete stop, remove ignition key on electric start models, disconnect spark plug wire and move wire away from spark plug.

Failure to follow these instructions can result in serious personal injury or property damage.

3.From the front of tiller, insert the forward clutch belt in between the bottom of the engine drive pulley (I, Figure 5-18) and the top of transmission pulley (K).

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Figure 5-19: Correct forward clutch cable position.

5.Reconnect the forward clutch cable to the correct hole in the idler arm bracket, as shown in Figure 5-16.

IMPORTANT: Belt must be installed on the inside of the belt guide (G, Figure 5-19).

Figure 5-18: Arrow (K) shows insertion point for installing new forward clutch belt.

4.Insert the bottom half of belt into the smaller, rear-most groove of the transmis- sion pulley (F, Figure 5-17). Now slip the top half of belt under the belt guide (H, Figure 5-19) and onto the large groove of engine drive pulley (L, Figure 5-17).

6.Reinstall the belt cover.

7.Test for correct tension on the forward clutch belt (see Checking Forward Belt Tension).