Full Product Manual

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SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE
Deck Installation
Install the deck on the tractor as follows:
1. Carefully manuever the the deck under the tractor from the right side, lining
up the deck hanger rods and the deck lift rods on the tractor removed in
the previous section with appropriate bracket connections on the top of the
deck.
2. Once the deck is under the tractor, move the deck to the lowest mowing
position.
Note: To line the brackets up properly, it may be necessary to place a small
block of wood under each side of the deck.
3. Re-install the applicable hardware for your tractor, in reverse order of the
removal process:
a. Install the hanger rod clevis ends of the deck height adjust rods
removed in step 8 of Deck Removal and secure with the bow-tie pins
previously removed.
b. Reinstall the the deck stabilizer rod, at the rear of the deck, onto the
frame at the left side, and onto the deck on the right side, with the
bow-tie pins previously removed.
c. Reinstall the front hanger rods into the front center brackets on the
deck and secure with the bow-tie pins previously removed.
4. Make certain the ‘V’ belt is in the spindle pulleys on the deck.
5. Make certain that the backside of the belt is against both the fixed and
movable idler pulleys. Reinstall or tighten any idler pulley hardware
previously removed or loosened for deck removal
6. Route the belt rearward beneath the tractor frame, above the rear deck
stabilizer bar, above the transmission tube(s), to the PTO pulley on the
bottom of the engine.
7. Raise the deck to the position that provides the most horizontal run of the belt
between the deck idler pulleys and the PTO pulley on the bottom of the engine.
8. Sitting behind the tractor, facing forward, make certain the belt is not twisted;
then reach beneath the tractor to grasp the belt and pull it toward the PTO pulley.
WARNING
Use caution to avoid pinching your fingers when rolling the belt onto the
PTO pulley.
9. Pull the right side of the PTO belt
rearward and place the narrow V-side
of the PTO belt into the PTO pulley.
See Figure 52.
10. While holding the PTO belt and PTO
pulley together, rotate the PTO pulley
to the left (See Figure 46). Continue
holding and rotating the PTO pulley
and PTO belt until the PTO belt is fully
rolled into the PTO pulley.
Note: Before using the tractor
double-check the belt routing to make
sure that the belt has been routed
properly.
11. Check deck level and pitch. Adjust if
necessary.
Figure 52
Replacing the Belt
1. Remove the deck from beneath
the tractor, (refer to Deck
Removal).
2. Remove the hex thumb screws
securing the belt covers to the
deck. See Figure 53.
3. Remove the belt covers from
the deck. See Figure 54.
4. Remove the two idler pulley assemblies
by removing the flange lock nuts (a) at
the top of the assemblies, then removing
the assemblies from the idler arm. See
Figure 55.
Note: Take note of all hardware,
including the positions of the belt
keepers for proper reinstallation later.
5. Remove the belt from the spindle
pulleys.
6. Install the new belt around the spindle
pulleys as shown and reinstall the belt
covers removed in Step 1 of this section.
7. Place the belt around the idler pulleys
removed in step 4 with the “V” side
facing in, and no kinks or twists along
the run of the belt. Once in place, loosely
reinstall the idler arm hardware.
8. Route the belt as shown in Figure 56.
tighten and secure the idler arm hardware.
Figure 53
Figure 54
(a)
Figure 55
Figure 56