Snapper 1650 - Transmission & Brake Adjustments

Fig. 29 — Rear PTO Belt Adjustment
1. Adjusting Nut 4. Belts
2. Control Lever S. PTO Cover Plate
3. Idler Arm and Pulley 6. Belt Guide Keeper Pin
4. Tighten nut, No. 1, while maintaining relative
position of idler arm. and lever (Steps 2 and 3).
5. Spring steel handle then provides sufficient
force to properly tension V-belts in engaged po¬
sition.
NOTE: This can be done without removing
fender or rear PTO cover plate.
REAR BELT REPLACEMENT
NOTE: Belts must be replaced as a matched
set.
1. Remove rear PTO cover plate. No. 5, Fig. 29,
and loosen belt tension.
2. Remove old belts and install matched set of
new belts.
3. Adjust belt tension and reinstall PTO cover
plate.
FORWARD/REVERSE
PEDAL ADJUSTMENT
Loosen nuts, No. 3, Fig. 30, then with right foot
tilt forward/reverse pedal, No. 1, until operation of
pedal is comfortable. Tighten nuts.
TRANSMISSION AND
BRAKE TEST
Before attempting to adjust transmission control
and brake linkage perform following to determine
if adjustment is necessary.
Fig. 30 — Forward/Reverse Pedal Adjustment
1. Forward/Reverse Pedal
2. Front Control Link
3. 1/4" x 3/4" Round Head Bolts and Hex Flange Lock Nut
4. Transmission Control Link
Drive Tractor in following manner:
1. Mount Tractor.
2. Adjust seat position to allow comfortable op¬
eration of transmission, heel and toe, control pedal.
NOTE: Speed control and parking brake latch
lever must be in upper No. 4 position and op¬
erator's left foot must be off neutral return
and brake pedal.
3. Place rear axle shift lever in low speed range.
4. Depress neutral return and brake pedal.
5. Start engine.
6. Remove left foot from pedal.
7. Place right foot on heel and toe pedal.
8. Tilt right foot to rotate toe end of pedal down¬
ward and forward. Tractor should travel forward.
9. Remove right foot from pedal. Tractor should
stop and remain stationary.
10. Place right foot on pedal and tilt foot to
rotate heel end of pedal downward. Tractor should
travel rearward.
11. Remove right foot from pedal. Tractor should
stop and remain stationary.
12. To check disc brake, drive Tractor in flat, open
area at slow forward speed, then flip rear axle shift
lever to neutral position and depress neutral return
brake pedal. Rear Tractor wheels should slide. If
wheels slide retest at maximum forward speed.
CAUTION: If brakes do not hold in tests,
stop tractor by shifting rear axle lever
back into gear!
NOTE: While neutral return brake pedal is
being depressed with left foot heel and toe
pedal will automatically return to neutral
position.
TRANSMISSION
ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE
1. Block Tractor up securely so that one or both
rear wheels are off ground.
2. Increase effective length of brake rod, No. 9,
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