4.Applyingforceto eitherthetimingbelt idlerpulleyor thetiming belt idlerbracket,pivotand holdtheidlerbracketagainstthe springtensionjust farenoughto allowliftingthe timingbeltoff andabovethe idlerpulley.Carefullyreleasethe idlerbracket.See Figure21.

5.Loopthe timingbeltandlift out of the timingpulleyandoverthe righthandspindleassembly.Maneuverthe belt betweenthe drive pulleyontop of the spindleassemblyandthe spindlecoverto remove.

6.Repeattheaboveprocedureto removethe beltfromthe left hand spindleassemblytimingpulley.Referto Figure21.

7.Loopthe newtimingbeltand maneuverthe belt betweenthe drive pulleyontop of the righthandspindleassemblyandthe spindle cover.Lowerthe belt until looselyaroundthe right handtiming pulley.Referto Figure21.

8.Notethe arrowson thetop of the timingpulleyonthe LHspindle andonthe drivepulleyof the RHspindleassembly.Thesetiming arrowsMUSTbe positioned90ofromeach otheras shownin Figure23.

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9.Rotatethe RHspindleassemblyto positionthedrive pulleytiming arrowas shownin Figure19.Then withoutmovingthe RHdrive pulley,pullthe timingbelt tightagainstthe RHtimingpulley,above the timingbeltidlerpulley,andover to the LHtimingpulley.

10.Turnthe LHtimingpulleysothat itstimingarrowis 900fromthe RHspindleassemblytimingarrow.Referto Figure23.

11.Whilemakingsure notto changethe positionof either pulley,loop the timingbeltoverthe LH timingpulley.

12.Aftermakingsurethe springis hookedonto the idlerbracketand screw,pivotthetimingidlerbracket!idlerpulleyagainstthe spring tensionjustfar enoughto allowyouto lowerthe backsideof the timingbeltonto theidlerpulley.SeeFigure23.

13.Re-checkthe timingarrowsonthe twopulleys.Iftheyhave movedfromthe900positionwhentensioningthe timingbelt,pivot the idlerpulleyto relievetensiononthe beltand re-positionthe pulleys.The timing arrows MUSTbe positioned900from each other as shownin Figure23.

14.Re-installthe idlerbracketbackstopcomponentsas originally installedin thedeck housing,andpositionso thatthereis a 1/8" gap betweenthe backstopandidlerbracket.Tightenthe hex screwandflangelocknut to securein theadjustedposition.

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247.28933 specifications

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