Replacing The Mower Deck Belt - Toro 74942TE Operator's Manual

1. Idler spring
2. Counter-rotating belt
3. Double pulley
7. Use a ratchet in the square hole in the idler arm to
remove tension on the idler spring
8. Remove the belt from the mower-deck pulley.
9. Remove the belt from the remaining pulleys.
10. Using the ratchet in the square hole, install the new
belt around the mower pulleys and the idler pulleys
(Figure 73).
11. Lower the floor pan and install the bolt to hold the
floor pan down.
Replacing the Mower Deck
Belt
Important: The fasteners on the covers of this machine
are designed to remain on the cover after removal.
Loosen all of the fasteners on each cover a few turns
so that the cover is loose but is still attached, then go
back and loosen them until the cover comes free. This
prevents you from accidentally stripping the bolts free
of the retainers.
1. Disengage the blade-control switch (PTO), move the
motion-control levers to the N
and set the parking brake.
2. Shut off the engine, remove the key, and wait for all
moving parts to stop before leaving the operating
position.
3. Lower the mower to the 76 mm (3 inches) height of cut.
Figure 71
4. Idler pulley
5. Square hole for ratchet
(Figure 71).
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EUTRAL LOCK
4. Loosen the bottom bolt holding the mower-deck
curtain to the mower deck. Refer to
Mower-Deck Curtain (page 32)
5. Remove the sheet metal guard. Refer to
Sheet-Metal Guard (page 32)
6. Remove the belt covers
1. Push tab down
7. Remove the counter-rotating belt; refer to
the Counter-Rotating Belt (page
8. Use a ratchet in the square hole in the idler arm to
remove tension on the idler spring
9. Remove the belt from the mower deck pulley.
10. Lift up on the belt-guide tab and remove the existing
belt (Figure
11. Install the new belt around the mower pulleys and the
clutch pulley under the engine
position,
50
Releasing the
(Figure 72).
Figure 72
Left side shown
2. Remove belt cover
49).
(Figure
73).
(Figure
Removing the
Replacing
73).
73).