Belt Maintenance. Toro Mid-Size ProLine Pistol Grip Hydro, 15 HP

1. Yoke

2. Parking brake lever

(released position)

3. Clevis pin

4. Haripin cotter

Figure 62

5. Jam Nut

6. Brake rod

7. Lower brake lever

8. 1 o’clock position

1. Mower belt

2. Idler arm spring

3. Outward pulley

Figure 63

4. PTO Drive Belt

5. Double Spindle Pulley

Belt Maintenance

Replacing the Mower Belt

Check the belts every 50 hours.

Squealing when the belt is rotating, blades slipping when cutting grass, frayed belt edges, burn marks and cracks are signs of a worn deck belt. Replace the deck belt if any of these conditions are evident.

1. Disengage the PTO and set the parking brake.

2. Stop the engine, remove the key, and wait for all moving parts to stop before leaving the operating position.

3. Remove the knobs/rubber washers holding the carrier frame cover and remove the carrier frame cover.

4. Remove the knobs/rubber washers holding the belt cover to the cutting unit and remove the belt cover.

5. Remove the PTO drive belt. Refer to Replacing the PTO Drive Belt in Belt Maintenance,

page 46.

6. Disconnect the idler arm spring to relieve tension on the idler arm and idler pulley, then remove the worn mower belt (Figure 63).

7. Install the new mower belt around the outward spindle pulley, the idler pulley, and in the lower groove of the double spindle pulley (Figure 63).

8. Reconnect the idler arm spring (Figure 63).

9. Install the PTO drive belt. Refer to Replacing the PTO Drive Belt in theBelt Maintenance,

page 46.

10. Reinstall the belt cover onto the cutting unit, then reinstall and tighten the knobs/rubber washers.

11. Install the carrier frame cover onto the cutting unit, then install and tighten the knobs/rubber washers.

Replacing the PTO Drive Belt

Squealing when the belt is rotating, blades slipping when cutting grass, frayed belt edges, burn marks and cracks are signs of a worn drive belt. Replace the drive belt if any of these conditions are evident.

1. Disengage the PTO and set the parking brake.

2. Stop the engine, remove the key, and wait for all moving parts to stop before leaving the operating position.

3. Remove the knobs/rubber washers holding the carrier frame cover and remove the carrier frame cover.

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