Use and Care Manual
CAUTION: Avoid injury! Component is spring-assisted and
under tension. Injury can occur if spring-assisted
component is released suddenly.
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8. Connect mower drive belt:
• Install belt onto engine sheave.
NOTE: Left and right spindle sheaves are hidden by belt covers. Failure
to seat belt properly on sheaves may result in belt damage.
• Insert 3/8 inch ratchet onto square hole (G) in tension arm.
Rotate arm clockwise and hold to release spring tension on idler
sheave.
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• Lift left spindle cover (H) and install mower belt (I) onto left
spindle sheave. Release spindle cover and tension arm.
• Flip up left and right spindle covers to check that belt is correctly
routed on all sheaves.
Replacing Mower Drive Belt (Z500 Series
with 48A, 48HC, 54A, 54HC, 60HC and 62C
Mowers)
NOTE: A 48HC deck has been used in the illustrations below. All
mower decks listed above use a similar conguration of
sheaves.
1. Park machine safely. (See Parking Safely in SAFETY section.)
2. Allow engine and mufer to cool completely.
3. Remove mower deck.
4. Remove deck drive belt as follows:
CAUTION: Avoid injury! Components are installed under
spring tension. Wear eye protection and use proper tools
when installing and removing components with spring
tension.
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• Unhook spindle cover (A) torsion spring (B) from wire form on
each side of deck.
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• Lift each spindle cover (C) to align the wire form index tab with
the mating key hole in the cover. Slide each cover forward (D) on
wire form to remove from deck.
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