MAINTENANCE
Removing the Old Blade Belt
1. Remove the mower deck (page 77).
2. Remove the pulley cover on the left side of the mower deck.
p5F-l The PTO clutch arm is under tension
You can injure your hands or fingers if
they are caught when moving the pulley
or clutch arm.
Wear heavy gloves, and keep fingers
and hands clear from the path of the
moving PTO clutch arm.
3. Put on heavy gloves, and carefully move the belt tensioner arm to
the ON position.
4. Loosen the bolt on belt guard A
on the belt tensioner arm. NSIONER
5. Move the blade belt off the
tension roller on the belt
tensioner arm. TENSION ARM
6. Loosen the bolt, nut and washer
on belt guard B.
7. Loosen the nuts
holding belt guard
D to the deck.
Move belt guard D
enough so the belt
can be slipped
between the guard
and the right side
pulley.
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