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Maintaining

Your Snow

Thrower

NEVER replace the auger shear pins with standard hex pins. Any damage to the auger gearbox or other components as a result of failing to do so will NOT be covered by your snow thrower’s warranty.

Drive Belt Replacement

To remove and replace your snow thrower’s auger belt,

 

 

proceed as follows:

c

b

1.

Remove the plastic belt cover on the front of the

 

 

 

 

engine by removing the two self-tapping screws. See

 

 

 

Figure 6-4.

 

 

2.

Drain the gasoline from the snow thrower, or place a

 

 

 

piece of plastic under the gas cap.

 

 

3.

Carefully pivot the snow thrower up and forward so

 

 

 

that it rests on the auger housing. See Figure 6-5.

a

 

4.

Remove the frame cover from the underside of the

 

 

 

 

snow thrower by removing four self-tapping screws

 

 

 

which secure it. See Figure 6-5.

 

 

5.

a. Use a wrench to pivot the idler pulley toward the

 

 

 

right. See Figure 6-9.

 

Figure 6-9

 

b. Roll the auger belt off the engine pulley.

 

c. Lift the drive belt off engine pulley.

6.Slip the drive belt off the pulley and between friction wheel and friction wheel disc. See Figure 6-10.

7 Remove and replace belt in the reverse order.

Friction Wheel Inspection

If the snow thrower fails to drive with the drive control engaged, and performing the drive control cable adjust- ment fails to correct the problem, the friction wheel may need to be replaced.

NOTE: Special tools are required and several com-

 

ponents must be removed and in order to replace the

 

snow thrower’s friction wheel rubber. See an authorized

 

Service Dealer to have the friction wheel rubber

 

replaced or phone Customer Support as instructed on

 

page 2 for information on ordering a Service Manual.

Figure 6-10

 

To inspect the friction wheel, proceed as follows:

1.Place a piece of plastic under the gas cap and tighten securely.

2. Carefully pivot the snow thrower up and forward so that it rests on the auger housing. See Figure 6-5.

3. Remove the frame cover from the underside of the snow thrower by removing four self-tapping screws which secure it. See Figure 6-5.

4. Examine the friction wheel for signs of wear or cracking. See Figure 6-11.

Figure 6-11

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Troy-Bilt 31AE6GKF500 Drive Belt Replacement, Friction Wheel Inspection, Remove and replace belt in the reverse order
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