Section 4 - REPAIR & ADJUSTMENTS

WARNING

DO NOT attempt any maintenance, adjustments or servicewith engine and blade running.STOP engine and blade.Disconnect spark plug wire and secure away from spark plug.Engine and components are HOT. Avoid serious burns, allow sufficienttime for allcomponents to cool.

4.4.1.Engine Drive Belt Replacement

(Stretch Type Belts)

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IMPORTANT: Drain fuel tank before tipping mower. DO NOT tip machine with carburetor or spark plug down. Oil from crankcase will saturate the air filter and cause the

engine to be hard to start or not start at all. If contamination does occur, the air filter will have to be

replaced.

3.Remove the driven disc. Refer to Section

"Replacing Rubber Driven Disc" for driven disc assembly removal procedure.

4.Tilt mower up on its rear wheels and remove blade and blade hub. Assistance from another

person may be necessary to hold mower in the tilted position.

5.Hold the slotted end of the drive disc bolt with a screwdriver and remove the nut and internal tooth

lock washer. See Figure 4.16.

6.

Remove the belt cover located under deck.

7.

Lift the drive disc up and remove

worn

belt.

8.

Loop one

end of new belt over engine pulley and

insert the

other

end

through

slot

in deck.

See Figure 4.15.

 

 

 

 

9.

Loop the belt around the pulley on the bottom of

the drive disc.

 

 

 

 

10. Reinstall

drive

disc and

retaining

hardware.

PULLEY POSITION

DRIVE DISC

SLOT IN END

OF DRIVE DISC

BOLT

BUSHING

DECK BRACKET

(PARTIALLY SHOWN)-"_

_

BOLT RETAINER

_-_ _?>_NuTLOCK WASHER

I

FIGURE 4.16

4.4.2.Transmission Poly-V Belt Replacement

1.Remove the driven disc. Refer to Section on

"Replacing Driven Disc Rubber Ring" for procedure.

2.Note the routing of the old belt around the three pulleys before removing it. See Figure 4.17.

3.Place new Poly-V Belt over end of hex shaft and onto driven pulley.

4.Work belt onto top of idler pulley.

5.Twist belt sideways and pull it upward between the differential bracket and drive pulley and then down into the pulley groove. Make sure the Poly-V Belt is above belt guide. See Figure 4.17.

IDLER

IMPORTANT: 1) The square shoulder of the drive

disc bolt must fit into the square hole of the bushing.

2)The square end of bushing must fit into the bracket slot.

DRIVE PULLEY

BRACKET

11.Reinstall belt cover and tighten bolts securely.

12.Reinstall blade hub and cutter blade.

Recommended torque for blade cap screw is 40 ft. Ibs.

HEX SHAFT

BELT GUIDE

DRIVEN

 

PULLEY

ROUTING OF POLY-V BELT

FIGURE 4.17

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Snapper RP2167517BVE Pulley Position, Transmission Poly-V Belt Replacement, Important 1 The square shoulder of the drive
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RP2167517BVE specifications

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