Snapper 1691356 User Manual
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7 . Install new arbor
figure 8) with
Use new
and washers
removed in step 2. Torque to 55 to 60 ft.
Use
wood block to prevent blade from turning. It may be
necessary to add washer(s) (two provided) under-
neath the new pulley to properly align brake pad and
bottom groove. Refer to figure 9C.
8.
Slip the mower drive belt onto the lower groove of
the new pulley (D. figure 8). With the belt engaged.
adjust the belt stops
from belt. Tighten the
hardware.
9. If mower is equipped with blade brake, adjust the
brake after installing new double groove pulley as
follows:
a. Engage the PTO lever. Be sure that mower drive
belt tension is correctly adjusted (see Operator’s
Manual).
b. Inspect the brake pad (A, figure 9C) to V-pulley
(B)
With PTO engaged, clearance
should be
inch as shown in
9C.
If adjustment is required. turn adjusting nuts (A,
figure
until proper clearance is reached.
Figure
Bottom Groove Double
A.
Brake Pad
C. Washers (If Required)
A. Blade Brake Adjustment Nuts
IO. The baffle (E,
is installed in the blower
housing for use with 42” mower. For
with 48”
mower, remove the baffle and install in hole marked
48”.
Figure 10.
A. Blower Drive Belt ,
B. Idler
E. Baffle
c. Spacer
F. Driven
Pulley
D. Belt Guide
G. Notch
NOTE
On 42” and 48” mowers, the
installed in
next step is used in the hole occupied by a screw
held in place by a retaining nut. (This screw secured
the right-front corner of the arbor cover.) Remove
this screw from mower deck by tapping out with a
hammer or prying off the retaining nut.
II. Install the belt
(B, figure II) with hardware
shown. Items E through M. (Figure I I shows blower
housing but it is not installed at this point of the
procedure.)
Install wing nut (N, figure
as follows:
a. Remove existing hardware from front end of
stone guard.
b. From inside deck. install new
carriage bolt
figure 12). Then install the cup
(A, figure
16 lockwasher (B), and 16 nut
Tighten the nut.
c. Thread the wing nut (D) far enough onto the
screw so that the
locknut(E) can be threaded
on flush with the end of screw.