Installation Instructions

Step
2
Removing the Mower Deck
No Parts Required
Procedure
1. R emo v e the engine pulley belt k ee per retaining
screw from under the left side of the dec k
( Figure 1 ).
Figure 1
1. Belt keeper
Note: T he other end of the belt k ee per sets
in a hole in the right side of the frame .
Note: T ak e note of the hole the rod is in
before remo ving the belt k ee per .
2. R emo v e the belt k ee per from around the
engine pulley ( Figure 1 ).
3. Inser t a 3/8-inc h dri v e break er bar into the
3/8-inc h square hole of the idler brac k et,
reliev e the tension in the dec k dri v e belt, and
w ork the belt off the engine pulley ( Figure 2 ).
Figure 2
1. Idler bracket
4. R emo v e the hair pin clip from the PTO cable
end fitting ( Figure 3 ).
Figure 3
1. Hairpin clip 2. Cable end tting
5. Slip the cable fitting out from the cable brac k et
on the dec k.
6. Unhook the PTO cable spring from the idler
brac k et ( Figure 3 ).
7. R elease the 2 J-pins that connect the lift links
to the rear hang er brac k ets on the dec k.
8. Slide the dec k forw ard and unhook the front
hang er rod from the forw ard hang er brac k et
on the dec k.
9. Slide the dec k out from under the tractor .
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