Toro 74942TE - Replacing the Mower Deck Belt

Figure71
1.Idlerspring4.Idlerpulley
2.Counter-rotatingbelt5.Squareholeforratchet
3.Doublepulley
7.Usearatchetinthesquareholeintheidlerarmto
removetensionontheidlerspring(Figure71).
8.Removethebeltfromthemower-deckpulley.
9.Removethebeltfromtheremainingpulleys.
10.Usingtheratchetinthesquarehole,installthenew
beltaroundthemowerpulleysandtheidlerpulleys
(Figure73).
11.Lowertheoorpanandinstallthebolttoholdthe
oorpandown.
ReplacingtheMowerDeck
Belt
Important:Thefastenersonthecoversofthismachine
aredesignedtoremainonthecoverafterremoval.
Loosenallofthefastenersoneachcoverafewturns
sothatthecoverisloosebutisstillattached,thengo
backandloosenthemuntilthecovercomesfree.This
preventsyoufromaccidentallystrippingtheboltsfree
oftheretainers.
1.Disengagetheblade-controlswitch(PTO),movethe
motion-controlleverstotheNEUTRAL-LOCKposition,
andsettheparkingbrake.
2.Shutofftheengine,removethekey,andwaitforall
movingpartstostopbeforeleavingtheoperating
position.
3.Lowerthemowertothe76mm(3inches)heightofcut.
4.Loosenthebottomboltholdingthemower-deck
curtaintothemowerdeck.RefertoReleasingthe
Mower-DeckCurtain(page32)
5.Removethesheetmetalguard.RefertoRemovingthe
Sheet-MetalGuard(page32)
6.Removethebeltcovers(Figure72).
Figure72
Leftsideshown
1.Pushtabdown2.Removebeltcover
7.Removethecounter-rotatingbelt;refertoReplacing
theCounter-RotatingBelt(page49).
8.Usearatchetinthesquareholeintheidlerarmto
removetensionontheidlerspring(Figure73).
9.Removethebeltfromthemowerdeckpulley.
10.Liftuponthebelt-guidetabandremovetheexisting
belt(Figure73).
11.Installthenewbeltaroundthemowerpulleysandthe
clutchpulleyundertheengine(Figure73).
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