Troy-Bilt 675B manual To Checkand AdjustTensionon the Re- verse Drive Belt

moving partsto come to a complete stop, disconnectspark plug wire and move wire awayfrom

,_ WARNING: Beforeinspecting, cleaning or servicing the machine,shut off engine, wait for all spark plug. Failureto follow these instructions can result in serious personal injury or property

damage.

NOTE: While pushing inward on the

C(E) Removebelt forward idler arm, be sure that the forward drive belt is moved off to the

	right side of the tiller. This creates
	more room to install the clevis pin
	when the forward idler arm is 3ushed
	inward.
	IMPORTANT:When the clevis pin Is
	installed in the inner hole of the forward
	adjustablelink, the number of additional
	belt tension adjustments are limited. If,
	with future tension adjustments, you find
	that you cannot screw the forward clutch
	rod any farther into the rectangularnut on
	the forward clutch bracket,it meansthat
Figure 5-9: Disconnect ForwardClutch Rod	the forward drive belt must be replaced.
and move forward drive belt out of groove in	Beforedoing so, the clevis pin must be
engine forward drive pulley.	returnedto the OUTSIDEhole inthe
	forward adjustablelink.
	8. Replacethe forward drive belt in the
	High speed groove (groove closest to en-
	gine) or the Low speed groove (rearmost)
	groove of the enginedrive pulley andinthe
	matching groove of the transmission pul-
	ley. Besure the belt is to the inside of the
	wire formed belt guide (I, Figure5-12) and
	to the inside of the forward drive idler pul-
	ley (J).
Figure 5-10: One or two threads on Forward
Clutch Rod should he exposed above rectan-
gular nut.

Figure5-13

To Checkand AdjustTensionon the Re- verse Drive Belt:

1.Removethe belt cover after first shut- ting off the engine, disconnecting the spark plug wire, and allowing the engine and muffler to cool down.

2.Stand at the front of the tiller and use your left handto push the reverseidler

arm (K, Figure 5-13) inward as far as pos- sible (the reverseidler pulley [L] is at- tached to the reverseidler arm).

Hold the idler arm in this position and look at the position of the belt tension guide mark (M, Figure5-14) that is stamped into the face of the reverseadjustable link (N, Figure 5-14).

•The tension is correct if the guide mark

(M, Figure5-14) is anywhereto the left of the guide pin (0), as viewed from the

Figure 5-12: Topview of belts and pulleys.

Figure5-11: Remove clevis pin from outer

hole in forwardadjustable link and move to in- ner hole in link.

9.Reinstallthe belt cover and secure it with the two nuts.

10.Readjustthe forward drive belt tension by following the instructions in Section 3: HandlebarHeight Adjustment.

Figure5-14:While pushing reverse idler arm #l-

ward, standat engineendandcheckpositionof guidemark (M) andguidepin (0).

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