Cub Cadet 3184 manual Install new spindle belt

6.Remove the two hex flange lock nuts and carriage bolts securing the right side of the gear box mounting bracket to the deck plate (See Figure 51).

Carriage Bolts	Gear Box
and Hex Flange	Mtg. Bracket
Lock Nuts

Drive Pulley Spindle Belt

Figure 51

7. Lift the gear box/mounting bracket assembly and slide the belt off and underneath the drive pulley.

8.Remove the belt from the deck.

Install new spindle belt

1. Lift the gear box/mounting bracket assembly to install the belt around the rear and left side

of the drive pulley, and through the center opening of the mount- ing bracket (See Figure 51).

2.Secure the gear box mounting bracket with the four carriage bolts and hex flange lock nuts.

3.Route the belt as follows (Refer to Figure 52):

•around the right spindle pulley

•around the front of the center spindle pulley

•around the rear of the fixed flat idler pulley to the left spindle pulley

•Route the backside of the belt around the rear and right side of the movable flat idler pulley

4.After making certain the belt is properly engaged in each pulley, insert the 3/8” drive ratchet (breaker bar) into the idler arm and pivot the movable flat idler pulley toward the left side of the deck to allow the spindle belt to be rolled onto the left hand spin- dle pulley. Refer to Figure 50.

5.Install the belt covers and secure with the hex nuts and lock washers.

Movable	Fixed
Flat Idler
	Flat Idler
Pulley
	Pulley
	Figure 52

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