Operator's Manual

InspectingtheBlowerBelt
ServiceInterval:Aftertherst8hours
Every25hours
Checkthebeltsforcracks,frayededges,burnmarks,
oranyotherdamage.Replacedamagedbelts.
ReplacingtheBlowerBelt
for60-and72-inchMowers
1.DisengagethePTO,movethemotion-control
leverstotheNEUTRAL-LOCKEDposition,andset
theparkingbrake.
2.Stoptheengine,removethekey,andwait
forallmovingpartstostopbeforeleavingthe
operatingposition.
3.Pullbackonthespring-loadedidlerpulleyto
relievethebelttension(Figure40).
4.Removetheexistingbaggerbeltfromthe
mower-deckpulleyandthentheblowerpulleys.
5.Installthenewbeltaroundtheblowerpulleys
andthemower-deckpulley(Figure40).
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Figure40
1.Idlerpulley
4.Springpeg
2.Mower-deckpulley
5.Belt
3.Spring
6.Blowerpulley
6.InstallthespringasshowninFigure41.
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Figure41
1.Spring-loadedidlerpulley
3.Long-hookend
2.Short-hookend
7.Pullbackonthespring-loadedidlerpulleyand
installthebeltontothespring-loadedidlerpulley
(Figure40).
ReplacingtheBlowerBelt
for48-and52-inchMowers
1.DisengagethePTO,movethemotion-control
leverstotheNEUTRAL-LOCKEDposition,andset
theparkingbrake.
2.Stoptheengine,removethekey,andwait
forallmovingpartstostopbeforeleavingthe
operatingposition.
3.Loosenthebeltguidebolt(Figure42).
4.Removetheexistingblowerbelt.
5.Installthenewbeltaroundtheblowerpulley
(Figure42).
6.Installthebeltbetweenthexed-idlerpulleyand
thebelt-guidebolt.
7.Tightenthebeltguidebolt(Figure42).
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