How To Remove
The Traction
Drive Belt
If the snow thrower will not move for-
ward, check the traction drive belt for
wear or damage, if the traction drive
belt is worn or damaged, replace the
belt as follows.
1. Disconnect the spark plug wire.
Remove the auger drive belt. See
"How To Remove The Auger Drive
Belt" in the Service And Adjustment
section.
3. Loosen the traction
drive belt
guide(s).
Pull the belt guide(s)
away from the traction
drive belt.
Loosen the nut on the drive idler
pulley (see Figure 40). Move the
pulley the maximum distance away
from the traction
drive belt and
then tighten the nut on the pulley.
Remove the old traction
drive belt
from the smaller stack pulley.
Then, remove the stack pulley and
old traction
drive belt. Replace the
traction
drive belt with an original
equipment replacement belt avail-
able from a Sears service center.
6. Install the new traction
drive belt
onto the traction
drive pulley and
onto the engine shaft..
7.
Install
the stack
pulley
onto the en-
gine shaft. Then,
mount
the trac-
tion
drive
belt onto the smaller
stack pulley. Tighten the stack
pulley securely to the engine shaft.
Adjust
the traction
drive
belt
guide(s).
See "Traction
Drive Belt
Guide Adjustment"
in the Service
And Adjustment
section.
Install
and adjust the auger
drive
belt.
See "How To Remove
The Au-
ger Drive
Belt" in the Service
And
Adjustment
section.
10. Adjust the auger belt guide. See
"Auger Belt Guide Adjustment" in
the Service And Adjustment section.
11. Install the bottom
panel (see
Figure 38).
12. Tighten
the bolts
on each side of
the bottom
panel.
13. Install the belt cover. Tighten
screw (see Figure 36).
14. Check the adjustment
of the cables.
See "How To Check
And Adjust
The
Cables"
in the Service
And Adjust-
ment section.
15. Connect the spark plug wire.
IMPORTANT: After approximately
ten
hours of operation, a new belt will
stretch and require an adjustment of
the belt tension. See "Belt Adjust-
ment" in the Service And Adjustment
section.
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