Craftsman PGT9000, 247.28984 manual Cutting Blades, Pulleys, PTO Belt, LockNut

5.Toplacethe newbelt,beginby routingthe belt aroundthe two outerspindlepulleys,then aroundthefront spindlepulleyas shownin Figure16.

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Deck idler FrontSpindle

Pulley

Outer Spindle

Pulleys

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Figure16

Routethe beltaroundthe twodeckidlerpulleysas shownin Figure16.

Z Retightenthe belt keeperrodloosenedearlier.

8.Remounttheouter spindlebeltcoversremovedearlier.

9.Reinstallthe deckmakingsurethe beltremainsroutedaroundthe pulleysas instructed.

10.Reinstallthe deckswayrod(See Figure13)anddeckstabilizer rod(SeeFigure14).

11.Pullthe rightside ofthe beltandplacethe narrowV side of the belt intothe PTOpulley.SeeFigure10in CUTTINGDECK

REMOVALandFigure17below.

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PTO Belt

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Figure17

12.Whileholdingthe beltandpulleytogether,rotatethepulleyto the left(See Figure17).Continueholdingand rotatingthe pulleyand belt untilthe beltis fullyrolledinto the PTOpulley.

13.Replacethe PTOPulleybelt guardremovedinstep4 of CUT-

TING DECKREMOVAL.

NOTE: Insertthe beltguardintothe beltguardslotof the PTOpulley. See Figure10.

CUTTING BLADES

Shutthe engineoff andremoveignitionkeybeforeremovingthe cuttingblade(s)for sharpeningor replacement.Protectyourhands usingheavygloveswhengraspingthe blade.

Periodicallyinspectthe bladeand/orspindlefor cracksordamage, especiallyafter you'vestrucka foreignobject.Do notoperatethe machineuntildamagedcomponentsare replaced.

To removethe blades,proceedas follows.

1.Removethe deckfrombeneaththe tractor,(referto CuttingDeck

Removalon page21)thengentlyflipthe deckoverto exposeits underside.

2.Placea blockof woodbetweenthe centerdeckhousingbaffle andthe cuttingbladeto actas a stabilizer.See Figure18.

3.Removethe hexflangenut thatsecuresthe bladeto the spindle assembly.SeeFigure18.

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Block

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Figure18

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