Poulan PPCRT17 Owner Manual - Page 16

SERVICE AND ADJUSTMENTS TO REPLACE GROUND DRIVE BELT (See Figs. 22 and 23) • Remove belt guard (See "TO REMOVE BELT GUARD" in this section of this manual). • Remove old belt by slipping off engine pulley first then remove from transmission pulley. • Place new belt in groove of transmission pulley and into engine pulley. BELT MUST BE IN GROOVE ON TOP OF IDLER PULLEY. NOTE POSITION OF BELT TO GUIDES. • Check belt adjustment as described below. • Replace belt guard. • Reposition wheel and replace clevis pin and hairpin clip. GROUND DRIVE BELT ADJUSTMENT (See Fig. 23) For proper belt tension, the extension spring should have about 5/8 inch stretch when drive control bar is in "ENGAGED" position. This tension can be attained as follows: • Loosen cable clip screw securing the drive control cable. • Slide cable forward for less tension and rearward for more tension until about 5/8 inch stretch is obtained while the drive control bar is engaged. • Tighten cable clip screw securely. ENGINE PULLEY IDLER PULLEY TRANSMISSION PULLEY CABLE CLIP SCREW DRIVE CONTROL CABLE LESS TENSION EXTENSION SPRING MORE TENSION 5/8" Fig. 23 TINE REPLACEMENT (See Figs. 24, 25 and 26) CAUTION: Tines are sharp. Wear gloves or other protection when handling tines. A badly worn tine causes your tiller to work harder and dig more shallow. Most important, worn tines cannot chop and shred organic matter as effectively nor bury it as deeply as good tines. A tine this worn needs to be replaced. • To maintain the superb tilling performance of this machine the tines should be checked for sharpness, wear, and bending, particularly the tines which are next to the transmission. If the gap between the tines exceeds 3-1/2" they should be replaced or straightened as necessary. • New tines should be assembled as shown in Fig. 26. Sharpened tine edges will rotate rearward from above. NEW TINE WORN TINE Fig. 24 16