Keeping your Craftsman lawn tractor maintained is part of your agreement for guarantee coverage . This include checking the tires , point the blades , and lubricating the tractor and thrust belt . The motion drive belt is connected to the transaxle pulley at the rear of the Craftsman lawn tractor . Belts may become loose from exercise or unlawful placement . But Craftsman lawn tractors do not have manual adjusters for motility drive whang , so the smash demand to be replaced when they become loose .
Removing the Motion Drive Belt
Step 1
Park the lower on an even , level surface such as a drive or in a garage . Turn the engine off and remove the key . Disengage the blades and raise the mower deck to its highest level . Engage the parking break .
Step 2
take away the mower pack of cards . employ pliers to remove all hold springiness ( cotter pins ) that connect the lawn mower pack of cards to the bottom of the lawn tractor . There are cotter peg located at the grip to tie in it to the clutch rod , the anti - sway streak to the chassis square bracket , the front links at the front of the lawn mower pack of cards and at the suspension arms ( attach to the lever that lowers and raises the mower deck ) .
Step 3
Remove the upper belt keeper from the railway locomotive pulley using a screwdriver . This will unbend the tension on the belt and make removal easy .
Step 4
slip the smash off the stationary and clutch idlers . Pull the drop-off part of the belt back towards the transaxle pulley locate in the rear of the lawn tractor
Step 5
Push the belt keepers on the transaxle pulley down and slew the belt up . This will remove the knock from the transaxle pulley . Pull the drive belt to the front of the lawn tractor and slide the belt down off the engine pulley .
Installing a New Motion Drive Belt
Slide the knock up and around the engine pulley . Push the belt keepers on the transaxle pulley down and slither the belt over the transaxle pulley .
Pull the slack from the back of the tractor ( transaxle pulley ) and slue the belt on to the stationary and prehend loafer . This will increase the latent hostility in the rap and hold it in place .
Secure the drive rap by reinstall the upper belt steward to the engine pulley . Check the drive belt to make certain that there is no slack in the belt . bear on on the belt ammunition with your hand should not move it .
Reinstall the mower pack of cards . Align the lawn mower deck so that the clutch should lines up with the clutch rod , the anti - sway bar contrast up with the chassis bracket , front links line up and suspension weapon system are array with the deck brackets . Insert consideration spring to secure the lawn mower deck .
