SERVICE AND ADJUSTMENTS

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GROUND DRIVE BELT REPLACEMENT

-Remove Hairpin Clip and Retaining Pin from Hub of left hand Wheel Pull Wheel out from Tiller about I inc_h__

-Remove Belt Guard by removing two (2) Cap Nuts, one

(1) Hex Nut and three (3) Washers so that the Belt Guard can slide straight out away from the Engine (Fig. 28).

BELT

CAPGUARD

NUT

NUT

HEX (LOCATED BEHIND TIRE)

HAIRPIN CLIP

AND RIVET

FIGURE 28

Loosen Belt Guides "A" and "B", and also Nuts "C" and "D" (Fig. 29)°

Remove old Belt by slipping from Engine Pulley firsL

Place Belt in groove of Transmission Pulley and into

oove of Engine Pulley,rBELT MUST BE tN GROOVE N TOP OF IDLER PULLEY_ NOTE POSITION OF

BELT TO GUIDES.,

Tighten Belt Guides "A" and "B" and Nuts "C" and "D".

Replace Belt Guard, Washers, Cap Nuts, and Hex NuL

- Reposition Wheel and replace Retaining Pin and Hair- pin Cfip_

GROUND DRIVE BELT ADJUSTMENT

For proper belt tension, the Extension Spring should have about 518 inch stretch with Drive Control Bar in "EN-

GAGED" position_ This tension can be obtained as fol- lows:

Loosen Cable Clip Screw securing the Drive Control Cable (Fig. 29 - INSET A)..

Slide Cable forward for less tension and rearward for more tension until about 5/8 inch stretch is obtained while the Drive Control Bar is engaged (Fig. 29 - INSET B)_

Tighten Cable Clip Screw securely_

BELT

BELT

CABLE CLIP

GUIDE"B"

GUIDE"A"

SCREW

DRIVE CONTROL

CABLE

INSET A

INSET B

EXTENSION LESS

SPRINGTENSION

ENGINE

PULLEY

MORE

TENSION

NUT "D"

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IDLER

TRANSMISSION

 

PULLEY

 

 

PULLEY

 

 

FIGURE 29

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Sears 917.299642 Ground Drive Belt Replacement, Belt Capguard, Nut, Hairpin Clip Rivet, Ground Drive Belt Adjustment

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