Homelite 1600383 - Manual (Page 14)

BLADE REPLACEMENT
1. Remove the mower from tractor as outlined on preceding
pages and turn mower upside down.
2. Wedge a block of wood securely between the end of
blade and the mower housing to prevent blade turning
while loosening and tightening bolts. Remove the two
blade mounting bolts and the blade.
WARNING
ALWAYS handle blade with extreme care to avoid
injury.
3. If blade is bent, do not try to straighten it for reuse. Re­
place it with a new blade.
4. If blade is straight and has nolarge nicks, you can sharpen
it yourself. Clamp blade securely in a vise and use a large
mill file along the original bevel. File to a sharp edge.
5. Place a small rod through the center hole of blade and
check for balance. File more metal off of heavy side until
blade does balance.
6. See Figure 17. Carefully clean blade and part of arbor
that blade fastens to. Install new or sharpened blade with
the lift tabs on blade end turned toward top of mower
housing. The blade mounting bolts should be tightened
to 30- foot -pounds of torque;
7. Rotate blade slowly by hand to see that it clears the
housing all around and that the blade tips are running
in a true plane. If the tips of the blades move up and down
in relation to the mower housing as blade is turned, or if
blades are hard to rotate, the arbor shaft or housing may
be bent.
MOWER DRIVE BELT REPLACEMENT
NOTE: Refer to Figure 18 for location of pulleys and belts.
1. Remove mower as instructed in MOWER REMOVAL
AND INSTALLATION.
2. See Figure 19. Loosen belt stop and pulley mouhting
nuts and position belt stop so that stop fingers allow for
belt removal. Remove mower drive belt from mower idler
pulleys.
3. See Figure 20. Open rear cover of vehicle and pull
mower drive belt from drive pulley. Slowly guide belt
through vehicle and remove it through rear cover opening.
4. Install new mower drive belt in reverse order of removal.
Belt stops must be positioned in their slots with fingers
approximately 1/16-inch from belt. Adjust mower clutch
lever as instructed in ADJUSTMENTS section of this manual. 14
MOWER
iDLER PULLEY
FORWARD CONTROL
IDLER PULLEY
FORWARD IDLER
BELT
TRANSMISSION
DRIVE BELT
MOWER DRIVE BELT
(ONE BELT)
UREVERSE CONTROL
IDLER PULLEY
REVERSE
IDLER BELT
TRANSMISSION
DRIVE PULLEY
MOWER DRIVE
PULLEY
ENGINE DRIVE
PULLEY
FORWARD
TRANSMISSION
IDLER PULLEY
REVERSE TRANSMISSION
IDLER PULLEY ENGINE IDLER
PULLEY
Figure 18.
BELT
STOP
____^STOP
P.T.O. *
BRACKET
I MOWER IDLER
PULLEY MOWER DRIVE
BELT (ONE BELT)
Figure 19.
Figure 20.