Yard-Man 247.27432 manual Front of Tractor, Upper Drive Belt, Lower Drive Belt

Variable-speed		Battery Tray			Shift Lever					Drive belt (Lower)
			Opening
	Pulley						Rear Idler Pulley			Drive belt (Upper)
						Belt Keeper
								Front Idler Pulley
				Idler Bracket						Engine Pulley
									Belt Keeper

to AutoDrive™ pedal

Double-Idler Bracket Electric PTO Clutch

Transmission Idler Pulley

Single-speed

Transmission	Transmission Pulley
	Front of Tractor
NOTE: View shown from above tractor.
	Figure 16
Upper Drive Belt

•Locate the transmission idler pulley on the upper drive belt by looking through the battery tray opening. See Figure 16.

•Grasp the bracket and pivot the transmission idler pulley toward the rear of the tractor to release tension on the upper drive belt.

•Remove the belt from around the transmission idler pulley.

•Remove the upper drive belt from around the transmission pulley and the variable-speed pulley.

NOTE: Slowly rotate the pulley counterclockwise to roll the belt off of it.

•Remove the upper drive belt by pulling it up through the battery tray opening.

•Reroute the new upper drive belt as shown in Figure 16.

Lower Drive Belt

NOTE: Proper removal of the lower drive belt requires the removal of several tractor components. Read through the following procedure prior to attempting it to determine if you feel you could successfully complete it. If you don’t, see an authorized MTD service dealer to have the belt changed.

IMPORTANT: Note the routing of the lower drive belt around both the pulleys and the belt keepers BEFORE performing the following steps.

•Locate the variable-speed pulley by looking through the battery tray opening. See Figure 16.

•Remove the variable-speed pulley by loosening the hex bolt that affixes it to the transmission. Use a second wrench to hold the hex nut on the bottom side of the pulley.

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