HOW TO REPLACE THE BELTS
The drive belts are of special construction and must be replaced
with original factory replacement belts available from your nearest
authorized service center.
Some steps require the assistance of a second person.
How To Remove the Auger Drive Belt
If the auger drive belt is damaged, the snowthrower will not dis-
charge snow. Replace the damaged belt as follows.
1. Disconnect the spark plug wire.
2. Loosen the bolts on each side of the bottom panel (see
Figure 34).
3. Remove the bottom panel.
4. Remove screw from belt cover. Remove the belt cover (see
Figure 32).
5. Loosen the belt guide. Pull the belt guide away from the
auger drive pulley (see Figure 36).
6. Pull the idler pulley away from the auger drive belt and slip
the auger drive belt off of the idler pulley.
7. Remove the auger drive belt from the engine pulley. To
remove the auger drive belt, the engine pulley may have to
be partially rotated.
8. Remove the top four bolts that hold together the auger hous-
ing and the motor box. Loosen the bottom two bolts. The
auger housing and the motor box can now be split apart for
removal of the belt (see Figure 35).
9. Remove the old auger drive belt from the auger drive pulley.
Replace the auger drive belt with an original factory replace-
ment belt available from an authorized service center (see
Figure 36).
10. Install the new auger drive belt onto the auger drive pulley.
NOTE: To assemble the auger housing to the motor box,
have someone hold the auger clutch lever in the ENGAGED
position. This will move the idler arm and pulley enough to
allow the auger drive pulley to move back into position.
11. Assemble the auger housing to the motor box with the four
bolts that were removed in step 8. Tighten the bottom two
bolts.
12. Install the auger drive belt onto the engine pulley.
13. Slip the auger drive belt under the idler pulley.
14. Adjust the auger drive belt. See “How To Adjust The Auger
Drive Belt” in this section.
15. Adjust the belt guide. See “How To Adjust The Belt Guide” in
this section.
16. Install the belt cover. Tighten screw (see Figure 32).
17. Check the adjustment of the cables. See “How To Check And
Adjust The Cables” in this section.
18. Install the bottom panel (see Figure 34).
19. Tighten the bolts on each side of the bottom panel.
20. Connect the spark plug wire.
Bolt
Figure 35
Remove
Bolts
Loosen
Bolts
Auger Housing
Motor
Box
Figure 34
Bottom Panel
Auger Housing
Bolt
MAINTENANCE
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