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4. Pivot the motor and slide the idler pulley to
loosen the V-belts.
5. Remove old V-belts and install the new V-
belts.
6. Slide the idler pulley down to tighten the
lower wheel V-belt, hold pressure on the idler
pulley, then tighten the mounting nut.
7. Check the wheel pulley V-belt for correct ten-
sion. Retension if necessary before continu
-
ing.
8. Pivot the motor to tighten the motor V-belt,
hold pressure on the motor, then tighten the
motor adjustment bolt.
9. Check the motor V-belt for correct tension.
Retension if necessary before continuing.
10. When the belt tension is correct, tighten the
motor hinge bolt.
11. Replace the pulley cover, lower wheel, and
blade; then close the lower wheel cover.
Figure 45. Motor mount bolts.
Motor
Hinge Bolt
Motor
Adjustment
Bolt
Tensioning/Replacing V-Belts
1. Follow all previous instructions for Accessing
V-Belts.
2. Loosen the motor mount bolts shown in
Figure 45.
3. Loosen the idler pulley mounting nut behind
the cap shown in
Figure 46.
Figure 46. Location of idler pulley mounting nut.
Idler Pulley
Mounting
Nut
(behind cap)
—If you only need to retension the V-belts,
skip to Step 6
.
— If you need to replace the V-belts, continue
with Step 4.