Cub Cadet LT1042 Operator's Manual page 15

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Figure 18
• Remove the blade, blade adapter and related
hardware. See Figure 19.
• Remove the three hex head screws holding the
small baffle and remove the small baffle. Remove
the large baffle as well.
Small Baffle
Blade
Hex Head Screw
Figure 19
• Loosen the hex lock nut holding the idler bearing.
Push back and rotate the belt keeper.
See Figure 20.
• Using a pair of pliers, pull back and rotate belt
keeper bracket from the slot on the idler pulley.
• Slide the belt out from between the belt keeper
bracket and the idler pulley.See Figure 21.
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Blade Adapter
Large Baffle
Hex Lock Nut
• Squeeze the belt together and push it forward,
while pressing the control arm inward towards the
deck and remove the six speed cable from the slot.
See Figure 21.
Six-Speed
Cable Slot
Control
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Arm
• Pivot the control arm down away from the pulley
and belt.
• Lift off the lower pulley assembly and remove the
old belt from around the crankshaft.
• Place the new belt over the transmission pulley.
Start the belt in the pulley groove and rotate the
pulley until the belt is seated in transmission pulley.
• Place the belt between the idler pulley and the belt
keeper bracket.
• Using pliers, rotate the belt keeper bracket so that it
snaps into slot on the idler bracket.
• Tighten the idler pulley bolt and lock nut half a turn.
• Place the belt between the two pulley halves on the
crankshaft. Make sure to route the belt inside the
belt guard pin. See Figure 22.
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Belt Keeper
Figure 20
Belt
Figure 21