Cub Cadet 945 SWE User Manual

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6. Lift the friction wheel assembly out between the axle

shaft and the drive shaft assemblies.

7. Remove four screws securing the friction wheel to the

hub assembly (refer to Fig. 7-11). Discard old friction

wheel.

8. Reassemble the new friction wheel onto the hub assembly,

tightening the four screws in rotation to 6-9 ft.-lbs. It is

important to assemble the friction wheel symmetrically

for proper functioning. Refer to Fig. 7-11.

9. Reposition the friction wheel assembly in the snow

thrower frame. Insert the pin from the shift arm

assembly into the friction wheel assembly and hold

assembly in position. Refer to Fig. 7-12.

Figure 7-11

Figure 7-12

10. Slide the hex shaft through the right side of the frame

toward the left side and through the friction wheel

assembly.

NOTE:

If the sprocket fell from the snow thrower chain

while removing the hex shaft, position the hex hub of the

sprocket toward the friction wheel and place the sprocket

in the chain.
11. After making certain that the chain is on both the large

and the small sprocket, align the hex shaft with the hex

hub of the small sprocket, and slide the shaft through

the sprocket.

12. Slide the spacer onto the end of the hex shaft.
13. Align the bearing on the right end of the hex shaft with the

hole in the right side of the frame, then push the hex

shaft to the left into position in the frame.

14. Slide the bearing onto the left end of the hex shaft and

press into the hole on the left side the frame.

15. Place the belleville washer (rounded side toward head)

onto the hex screw removed earlier, and insert the

screw into the threaded hole of the hex shaft.

16. Gradually tighten the hex screw to fully seat the bearings

in each side of the frame and to secure the hex shaft.

17. Position the frame cover on the bottom of the frame and

secure with the self-tapping screws. Pivot the snow

thrower down to its normal operating position.

IMPORTANT: Repeat the drive control test from the

Assembly & Set-Up section of this manual before operating

the snow thrower.

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