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HOW TO REPLACE THE BELTS
The drive belts are of special construc-
tion and must be replaced with original
equipment replacement belts available
from your nearest Sears service center.
Some steps requirethe assistance of a
second person,
How To Remove the Auger Drive Belt
if the auger drive belt is damaged, the
snow thrower will not discharge 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 27).
3. Remove the bottom panel.
Bolt Bottom
' i% n , Panel
"_, _ l Auger
",_'_ _ .,_,ousing
Figure 27
4. Remove screw from belt cover,
Remove the belt cover (see
Figure 25),
5. Loosen the belt guide. Pull the belt
guide away from the auger drive
pulley (see Figure 29).
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 housing and
the motor box, Loosen the bottom
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two bolts, The auger housing and
the motor box can now be split
apart for removal of the belt (see
Figure 28).
.
Remove the old auger drive bolt
from the auger drive pulley, Re-
place the auger drive belt with an
original factory replacement belt
available from an authorized service
center (see Figure 29).
10. Install the new auger drive bolt
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 bolt under the
idler pulley.
14. Adjust the auger drive bolt, See
=How To AdjustThe Auger Drive
Belt"in the Service And Adjustment
section.
15. Adjust the bolt guide. See =How To
Adjust The Belt Guide" in the Ser-
vice And Adjustment section.
16. Install the bolt cover. Tighten
screw (See Figure 25).
17. Check the adjustment of the cables.
See "How To Check And Adjust The
Cables" in the Service And Adjust-
ment section.
18, Install the bottom panel (see
Figure 27).
19. Tighten the bolts on each side of
the bottom panel,
20, Connect the spark plug wire,