Troy-Bilt PONY E666M - Manual (Page 23)

A WARNING
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Before inspecting, cieaning or servicing the machine, shut off engine, wait tor aii moving parts to
come to a compiete stop, disconnect spark plug wire and move wire away from spark plug.
Remove the key from the keyswitch on units so equipped.
Failure to follow these instructions can result in serious personal injury or property damage.
Figure 5-16
Figure 5-17
Removing Forward Clutch Belt
1. Stop engine, allow it to cool and dis­
connect spark plug wire before working
near belts. Also remove ignition key on
electric start models.
2. Remove the two nuts (C, Figure 5-13)
and remove the belt cover.
3. Move the reverse clutch belt (B, Figure
5-16) out of the way. You do not need to
completely remove the belt. Press the
reverse idler pulley inward for slack and
then slip the bottom half of the belt com­
pletely off the transmission pulley (A,
Figure 5-16). Pull the bottom half of the
belt out of the housing and let It hang off
the outside of the unit (B).
4. Disconnect the forward clutch cable
from the forward clutch idler arm bracket
Figure 5-19: Leftside view.
{Figure 5-17). Note the hole from which
you disconnect the cable. It is Important
that you reconnect the cable to the same
hole.
5. Slide the belt off the engine pulley (C,
Figure 5-18), away from engine, out from
under the belt guide (D), and completely
off the pulley.
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. Slip the belt off the front of the trans­
mission pulley (F, Figure 5-19).
7. Work the belt out from between the
pulley and the frame, around the trans­
mission cover spring, then up and out of
the machine.
Installing Forward Clutch Belt
1. Stop engine, allow it to cool and dis­
connect spark plug wire before working
near belts. Also remove Ignition key on
electric start models.
2. Remove the old forward clutch belt as
described in Removing Forward Clutch
Belt
Figure 5-20: Arrow (K) shows inserlioo point
for instailing new forward dutch belt.
3. From the front of tiller, insert the
forward clutch belt In between the bottom
of the engine drive pulley (I) and the top
of transmission pulley (K, Figure 5-20).
4. Insert the bottom half of belt into the
smaller, rear-most groove of the trans­
mission pulley (F, Figure 5-19). Now slip
the top half of belt under the belt guide
(D, Figure 5-18) and onto the large
groove of engine drive pulley (L, Figure
5-19).
5. Reconnect the forward clutch cable to
the correct hole In the Idler arm bracket,
as shown In Figure 5-17.
NOTE: Be sure to run the reverse clutch
cable on the pulley side of the cover
support brackets (G, Figure 5-21).
Figure 5-21: Correct forward dutch cable
positioning.
IMPORTANT: Belt must be installed on
the inside of the belt guide (FI, Figure
5-21).
6 . Reinstall the reverse clutch belt. Insert
the bottom of the belt into the frame, then