Before inspecting, cleaning or servicing the machine, shutoff engine, wait for all moving partsto
come to a complete stop, disconnect spark plug wire and move wire away from spark plug.
Removethe key from the keyswitchon units so equipped.
Failureto follow these instructionscan result in serious personal injury or property damage.
Figure5-16
Figure5-17
RemovingForwardClutchBelt
1. Stopengine, allow it to cool and dis-
connectspark plug wire beforeworking
nearbelts. Also remove ignition key on
electricstart models.
2. Removethe two nuts (C, Figure 5-13)
and removethe belt cover.
3. Move the reverse clutch belt (B,Figure
5-16) out of the way. You do not needto
completely removethe belt. Pressthe
reverseidler pulley inward for slack and
thenslip the bottom half of the belt com-
pletelyoff the transmission pulley (A,
Figure5-16). Pull the bottom halfof the
beltout of the housingand let ithang off
theoutside of the unit (B).
4. Disconnectthe forward clutch cable
from the forward clutch idler arm bracket
Figure5.18
Figure5-19: Left-side view.
(Figure5-17). Note the holefrom which
youdisconnect the cable. It is important
thatyou reconnectthe cable to the same
hole.
5. Slide the belt off theengine pulley (C,
Figure5-18), awayfrom engine, out from
underthe belt guide (D),and completely
offthe pulley.
6. Slip the belt off the front ofthe trans-
missionpulley (F,Figure 5-19).
7. Work the belt out from between the
pulleyand the frame, around the trans-
missioncover spring, then up and out of
themachine.
InstallingForwardClutchBelt
1. Stopengine, allow itto cool and dis-
connectspark plug wire beforeworking
nearbelts. Also remove ignition key on
electricstart models.
2. Removethe old forward clutch beltas
described in Removing Forward Clutch
Belt.
Figure5-20:Arrow(K)showsinsertionpoint
forinstallingnewforwardclutchbelt.
3. From the front of tiller, insertthe
forward clutch belt in betweenthe bottom
ofthe engine drive pulley (I) and the top
oftransmission pulley (K, Figure 5-20).
4. Insert the bottom half of belt into the
smaller, rear-most groove of the trans-
missionpulley (F,Figure 5-19). Now slip
thetop half of belt underthe beltguide
(D,Figure 5-18) andonto the large
grooveof engine drive pulley (L, Figure
5-19).
5. Reconnectthe forward clutch cable to
thecorrect hole in the idlerarm bracket,
asshown in Figure5-17.
NOTE:Besure to run the reverse clutch
cableon the pulley side of the cover
support brackets(G, Figure 5-21).
Figure5-21: Correctforwardclutchcable
positioning.
IMPORTANT:Belt must be installed on
theinside of the belt guide (H, Figure
5-21).
6. Reinstallthe reverseclutch belt. Insert
thebottom of the belt into the frame, then