Professional 42" Briggs & Stratton 24 hp Gas Powered Riding Lawn Tractor Operator's Manual

CUTTING DECK REMOVAL

Placethe PTO/BladeEngageknobinthe disengaged(OFF)

positionandengagethe parkingbrake.

Lowerthe deckby movingthe deck liftleverintothe bottomnotch

onthe rightfender.

Locatethe PTOclutchunderthe frontof yourtractor.See

Figure10.

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Figure10

Removethe beltguardand beltfromthe PTOpulleyas follows.

Referto Figure10:

a. Removethehexscrews.

b. Pullthe beltkeeperrodto the rightanddownto remove.

c. Removethedeckbelt fromaroundthe tractor'selectricPTO

clutch.

NOTE: Ifthere istoo muchtensionon thebelt for it tobe easily

removedfromthe electricPTOclutch,carefullyinserta3/8"drive

ratchetwrench(setto loosen)intothe squareholefoundinthedeck

idlerbracketand pivotit towardthe tractor'sleftsideto relievetension

on the belt.SeeFigure11.

Avoidpinchinginjuries.Neverplaceyourfingersonthe idlerspringor

betweenthe beltanda pulleywhileremovingthe belt.

Figure11

5. Lookingat thecuttingdeckfromthe leftside ofthetractor,locate

the decksupportpinon the rearleftsideof thedeck.

6. Pullthedecksupportpinoutwardto releasethe deckfromthe

decklift arm.SeeFigure12.

DeckLift (_

Arm

DeckPinSupport

Figure12