Ferris Industries HydroCut Series 5900111 - Manual (Page 36)

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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting, Adjustment & Service
Figure 26. Transaxle Drive Belt
B. Spring
C. Drive Idler Arm
C. Anchor Pin
C
A
B
Transaxle Drive Belt
1. Park machine on a flat, level surface.
2. Remove the rear shield.
3. Remove the mower deck drive belt from the PTO
clutch. See instructions above.
4. With a steel coat hanger, form a small hook.
Insert the coat hanger through the opening in the
right-hand side of the engine deck. Use the coat
hanger to remove the spring (A, Figure 26) from
the anchor pin (C).
5. Remove the belt from the idler pulley. Then
remove the belt from the transaxle drive pulley
and pull towards front of machine. Remove the
belt from the drive pulley on the engine and drop
belt around the PTO clutch to completely remove
from machine.
6. Replace the old belt with a new belt. Install the
new belt around the PTO clutch and onto the drive
pulley on the engine. Reinstall belt onto the
transaxle drive pulley and then onto the idler
pulley. Make sure the V-side of the belt runs in the
pulley grooves.
7. Using the coat hanger, reinstall the spring onto the
anchor pin.
8. Reinstall the rear shield.