MTD 12211, 12212 DE, PK, O, L

Removing Forward Clutch Belt

1. Stop engine, allow it to cool and dis-

connect spark plug wire before working

near belts. Also remove ignition key on

electric start models.

2. Remove the two nuts (C, Figure 5-13)

and remove the belt cover.

3. Move the reverse clutch belt (B, Figure

5-16) out of the way. You do not need to

completely remove the belt. Press the

reverse idler pulley inward for slack and

then slip the bottom half of the belt com-

pletely off the transmission pulley (A,

Figure 5-16). Pull the bottom half of the

belt out of the housing and let it hang off

the outside of the unit (B).

4. Disconnect the forward clutch cable

from the forward clutch idler arm bracket

(Figure 5-17). Note the hole from which

you disconnect the cable. It is important

that you reconnect the cable to the same

hole.

5. Slide the belt off the engine pulley (C,

Figure 5-18), away from engine, out from

under the belt guide (D), and completely

off the pulley.

6. Slip the belt off the front of the trans-

mission pulley (F, Figure 5-19).

7. Work the belt out from between the

pulley and the frame, around the trans-

mission cover spring, then up and out of

the machine.

Installing Forward Clutch Belt

1. Stop engine, allow it to cool and dis-

connect spark plug wire before working

near belts. Also remove ignition key on

electric start models.

2. Remove the old forward clutch belt as

described in Removing Forward Clutch

Belt.

3. From the front of tiller, insert the

forward clutch belt in between the bottom

of the engine drive pulley (I) and the top

of transmission pulley (K, Figure 5-20).

4. Insert the bottom half of belt into the

smaller, rear-most groove of the trans-

mission pulley (F, Figure 5-19). Now slip

the top half of belt under the belt guide

(D, Figure 5-18) and onto the large

groove of engine drive pulley (L, Figure

5-19).

5. Reconnect the forward clutch cable to

the correct hole in the idler arm bracket,

as shown in Figure 5-17.

NOTE: Be sure to run the reverse clutch

cable on the pulley side of the cover

support brackets (G, Figure 5-21).

IMPORTANT: Belt must be installed on

the inside of the belt guide (H, Figure

5-21).

6. Reinstall the reverse clutch belt. Insert

the bottom of the belt into the frame, then

Figure 5-18 Figure 5-20: Arrow (K) shows insertion point

for installing new forward clutch belt.

Section 5: Maintenance

WARNING Before inspecting, cleaning or servicing the unit, shut off engine, wait for all parts to come to a

complete stop, disconnect spark plug wire and move wire away from spark plug. Remove ignition key on elec-

tric start models. Failure to follow these instructions can result in serious personal injury or

property damage.

Figure 5-16

Figure 5-17

Figure 5-19: Left-side view.

Figure 5-21: Correct forward clutch cable

positioning.

Forward Clutch

Idler Arm

Forward Clutch

Cable

Connection

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