6
Maintaining
Your Snow
Thrower
Figure 29
Figure 28
Adapter
b
9.
a. Using a 1/2” wrench, remove the hex screw and
washer from the center of the pulley on the auger
housing. See Figure 30.
b. Lift the brake bracket assembly out of the pulley
groove
WARNING
c. Remove the pulley.
10.
11.
Remove and replace auger belt inside belt keepers.
Always stop engine,
disconnect spark
plug, and ground
against engine before
cleaning, lubricating
or doing any kind of
maintenance on your
machine.
Apply Loctite 262 to the threads of the hex screw used
for mounting the auger pulley.
12.
Reassemble pulley to auger housing aligning pulley
slots with posts on adapter, secure with hex screw and
washer. Torque hex screw 250-325 in. lbs.
c
Slots
Figure 30
3
a
NOTE:groove.Make sure the brake puck is seated in the pulley
If also replacing the drive belt, proceed to the “Drive Belt”
instruction. If not, reassemble by performing the previous
steps in the opposite order and manner of removal.
1
Proper Adjustment: With the auger clutch lever in the
disengaged position, the top surface of the new belt
should be even with the outside diameter of the pulley.
1.
To adjust, disconnect ferrule from brake bracket as-
sembly and thread ferrule in (towards idler) to increase
tension on belt, and out to decrease tension.
IMPORTANT
Refer to the Final
NOTE:the pulleyThegroovebrakewhenpuckaugermust alwayscontrolbeis disengaged.firmly seated in
IMPORTANT:the Assembly sectionRepeatbeforethe “AugeroperatingDrivesnowControlthrower.Test” from
Adjustment section of
the Set-Up instructions
after replacing drive
and auger belts.
2
Drive Belt
1.
Pull the idler pulley away from the backside of the
drive belt to relieve the tension and slide the drive belt
off the idler pulley. See Figure 31.
Figure 31
3.
Installand re-tensionthe newwithbelttheonidlerthe pulleyspulley. in the reverse order
Reassemblethe opposite order.your unit by performing the previous steps in
2.
Remove the belt from the bottom drive pulley and the
engine pulley.
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