Cub Cadet SLT1500 Series - Manual (Page 69)

Series 1000 and 1500
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34.7. Disconnect the front of the brake rod from the
brake pedal shaft by removing the cotter pin,
and pulling the “L” at the forward end of the rod
out of the hole in the brake pedal shaft.
34.8. Use the resulting slack in the linkage to discon-
nect the rear of the brake rod from the spring
that joins it to the arm on the caliper.
See Figure 34.8.
34.9. Remove the brake rod from the tractor.
34.10. Unplug the wire from the reverse safety switch
(Red wire w/black trace on Rev-Tek equipped
models, Yellow wire w/black trace on others).
34.11. Disconnect the ground wire from the transaxle
using a 3/8” wrench and a 7/16” wrench.
See Figure 34.11.
Figure 34.8
Figure 34.11
Ground wire
34.12. Disconnect the control rod from the arm on the
hydro.:
• Remove the hairpin clip that secures the rod to
the arm, just in front or the connection point for
the ground wire.
• Carefully withdraw the rod from the spring and
the reverse safety switch lost-motion arm.
34.13. Remove the fan from the input pulley on the
transaxle using 5/16” wrench. See Figure 34.13.
34.14. Draw the traction drive belt off of the fixed idler
pulley to create slack, then work the belt off of
the double idler pulleys, similar to the method
described in the “TRACTION DRIVE BELT:
HYDROSTATIC GT” section of this manual.
34.15. Slip the belt off of the input pulley.
See Figure 34.15.
Figure 34.13
Figure 34.15