Craftsman 247.887821 - Augerdrivebelt Replacement; Control Cable

4. Tipthesnowthrowerbackto theoperatingpositionandpullthestarter
handleafewtimestoseeif it isdifficultto pull.
5. If thestarterisdifficultto pull,removethesparkplugandpullthehandle
severaltimestoensurethat anyoil trappedintheengineheadisremoved.
Oilmaycomeout of the sparkplug holewhen it isremovedand the starter
handleispulled.
6. Inspectthesparkplug.If it iswet,cleanoff anyo11beforere-installing.
ControlCable
Asaresultofboththecontrolcableandtheaugerdrivebeltstretchingduetowear,
periodicadjustmentsmaybenecessary.Iftheaugerseemstohesitatewhenrotating,
proceedasfollows:
Theupperholeinthecontrolhandleprovidesforan adjustmentin cabletension.
Toadjust,disconnecttheendofcontrolcablefromthebottomholeinthecontrol
handleandreinsertit intheupperhole.Insertthecablefromtheoutsideasshown
in Figure21.
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ControlCable
Figure21
Testthesnowthrowerto seeif thereisanoticeabledifference.Ifafterthe
adjustmenttothecontrolcabletheaugerstill hesitateswhenrotating,seeBelt
Replacementforinstructionsonreplacingthebelt.
ChuteAssembly
RefertotheAssemblysectionforinstructionsonadjustingthechuteassembly.
AugerDriveBelt Replacement
1. Runthesnowthroweruntil thefueltankisempty.
2. Pulltherecoilstarterhandleuntil resistanceisfelt.Thentip thesnow
throwerbackuntil it restsonthehandles.
3. Slideaboardupthroughtheaugerandthroughthechutetosecurethe
augerinplace.
4. Removethebeltcoverby removingthetwohexwasherscrewsandonehex
lockscrewthatsecureit totheframe.SeeFigure22.
HexLockScrew
HexWasherScre_
Figure22
Removetheflangenutthat securestheaugerpulleyto theaugershaft.See
Figure23.
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FlangeNut
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6. Removetheaugerpulleyandthebelt.
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