BELT INSTALLATION -
4.Install new belt in reverse order of removal.
5.Make sure belt is in all pulley grooves and inside all belt guides.
6.Install mower in reverse order of removal instructions.
TO ADJUST BRAKE
Your tractor is equipped with an adjustable brake system which is mounted on the side of the transaxle.
If tractor requires more than six (6) feet stopping distance at high speed in highest gear, then brake must be adjusted.
1.Depress clutch/brake pedal and engage parking brake.
2.Measure distance between brake operating arm and nut "A" on brake rod.
3.If distenceis otherthan
4.Road test tractor for proper stopping distance as stated above. Readjust if necessary. If stopping distance is still greater than six (6) feet in highest gear, further maintenance is necessary.
Contact a Sears or other qualified service center.
With Perking Brake "Engaged"
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ro REPLACE MOTION DRIVE BELT
°ark the tractor on level surface. Engage 3arking brake. For assistance, there is a
_elt installation guide decal on bottom ;ida of left footrest.
LRemove mower (See "TO REMOVE MOWER" in this section of this manual.)
2.Remove belt from stationary idler and clutching idler.
3.Pull belt slack toward rear of tractor.
Carefully remove belt upwards from transmission input pulley and over cooling fan blades.
4.Pull belt toward front of tractor and remove downward from around
engine pulley.
5.Install new belt by reversing above procedure.
Engine
Pulley
Clutching Idler-
StationaPj Idler_
Transmission
Input Pulley.,
TRANSAXLE MOTION CONTROL LEVER NEUTRAL ADJUSTMENT
The motion control lever has been preset at the factory and adjustment should not be necessary.
t.Loosen adjustment bolt in front of the right rear wheel, and lightly tighten.
2.Start engine and move motion control lever until tractor does not move forward or backward.
3.Hold motion control lever in that position and turn engine off.
4.While holding motion control lever in place, loosen the adjustment bolt.
5.Move motion control lever to the neutral (N) (lock gate) position,
6.Tighten adjustment bolt securely. NOTE: If additional clearance is needed
to get to adjustment bolt, move mower deck height to the lowest position. After above adjustment is made, if the tractor still creeps forward or backward while motion control lever is in neutral position, follow these steps:
1. Loosen the adjustment bolt.
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