Drive belt replacement, Service – HONDA GB4500 User Manual
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2.
SERVICE
DRIVE BELT REPLACEMENT
Contact with moving belts and pulleys can cause serious injury. Disengage the Power
Take Off
and shut off the engine, before removing the belt cover and cover plate.
Removal
1. Lower the mower deck as far as it will go.
2.
Remove the three 1
inch wing nuts and washers from the belt cover. Remove the belt cover.
NOTE: There are t w o additional
1
inch washers below the rear belt cover mounting holes. Be
not to lose any of the washers.
3.
Remove the t w o
6
x
12
flange bolts from the cover plate on the blower assembly. Remove the
cover plate.
4.
Unhook the blower drive belt from the mower deck pulley, then remove
it
from the blower assembly.
NOTE: Observe the installed position of the blower drive belt,
so you will be sure to replace
it
correctly.
If the belt is reversed on the mower deck pulley during replacement, the blower
will
run backwards.
114 INCH
WING NUT
114 INCH WING NUTS
114 INCH
WASHER
BELT COVER
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114 INCH WASHERS
BOLTS
BLOWER
ASSEMBLY