| Loosen this screw | |
| Belt | |
| Shoulder | |
| Screw | |
| Shoulder | |
| Screw | |
Transmission | Front Drive | |
Cover | ||
|
Figure 14
•Slide the belt off the engine pulley and around the blade. See Figure 15 .
WARNING: As always, use a thick piece of rag to handle the blade while sliding the belt around it. Make sure the engine does not start at all while doing this job.
•Replace with the new belt, working around the blade. Make sure the belt is firmly seated on the engine pulley while pulling from the other side and sliding it around the transmission pulley.
•Put the mower down with all four wheels firmly placed on one level.
•Tighten the screw, loosened earlier, to secure the belt tension spring to the transmission, and reassemble the front drive cover.
Right Front | Left Front |
Wheel | Wheel |
| Engine |
| Pulley |
Figure 15
Replacing Rear Flap
•To remove rear flap, cut off the flat end of the wire rod which secures it to the deck. See Figure 16 .
•Attach the new flap and new rod to deck, bending the ends of the new rod over to secure to deck.
Rear Discharge |
Door |
Handle |
Bracket |
d |
o |
R |
e |
r |
i |
W |
Handle |
Bracket |
Rear |
Flap |
Figure 16
SECTION 8: MAKING ADJUSTMENTS
Handle Height
Your mower is shipped with the handle in the higher height position. To lower height, proceed as follows.
•Remove the starter rope from the rope guide.
•Remove the upper handle by removing the hand knobs and carriage bolts. Lay the upper handle out of the way, being careful not to bend or kink cables.
•Remove the hairpin clips from the weld pins on the handle brackets. Refer to Figure 4 . Press out on
the legs of the lower handle. Remove lower handle from the mower.
•Turn lower handle around so the notch is facing forward as shown in Figure 17 . Reassemble, placing the bottom holes in the handle over the weld pins in the handle mounting bracket.
•Reassemble the upper handle to the lower handle.
•Insert hairpin clips in the inner holes of the weld pins and attach the starter rope as instructed in “Assembling Your Lawn Mower” section.
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