Drive Belt - Sears Craftsman 247.88790 Manual Del Propietário

2. Take auger beltoffthepulley asshown in Figure
20B.
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Self-Ta Self-Tapping
Screw
Belt
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Drive
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Auger Belt
3.
4.
Figure 20 5.
Auger Belt 6.
1. Tip the snow thrower up and forward, so that it rests
on the housing. Remove the self-tapping screws 7.
from the frame cover underneath the snow thrower
and move the frame cover away. See Figure 21. 8.
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Frame Cover
Figure 21
2. Turn the shoulder screw a half a turn and slide it out
of the mounting bracket. See Figure 22.
Unhook spring to release tension on the auger belt.
Remove old belt and replace with new belt
installing it on the pulley. See Figure 22.
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Auger
Shoulderi,
Screw
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Figure 22
Wrap auger belt around the auger pulley. See
Figure 22.
Re-insert shoulder screw into the mounting bracket
and tighten to secure.
Wrap auger belt behind the idler. Reattach the
spring to the bolt where it was earlier secured.
Re-install frame cover and flip the snow thrower
back to the operating position.
Wrap auger belt around the engine pulley.
Re-install belt cover with the self-tapping screws
removed earlier.
Drive Belt
1. Push idler counter-clockwise and insert a Phillips
head screwdriver in the hole on the idler as shown
in Figure 23. This will release tension on drive belt.
Engine
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Drive Belt //
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Idler
2,
3.
Figure 23
Pull drive belt out and away from the engine pulley
to remove. See Figure 23.
Tip the snow thrower up and forward, so that it rests
on the housing. Remove the self-tapping screws
from frame cover underneath the snow thrower and
move the frame cover away. Refer to Figure 21.
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