It's fun to ride around the yard on the mower, watching scrubby grass (and weeds) turn into trimmed lawn. However, when the grass looks as bad after you mow as it did before, or the mower doesn't want to start, riding mowers aren't as much fun. That's when it's time to put on your Fix-It Club hat and have some more fun.
A riding lawn mower is a gas-powered machine for cutting grass. The engine turns a rotating blade that cuts the top off the grass blades to a specified height. The operator sits atop the mower on a tractor-type seat with speed and height controls nearby. Riding mowers also can be used to pull small utility carts for other yard jobs.
To remove the mower deck:
Make sure that the parking brake is locked.
Place scrap lumber under the front and rear of the deck.
Use the deck lever to lower the deck.
Remove attachments from the deck.
Remove the blade drive belt from the front pulley.
Remove the front and rear deck fasteners, following instructions in your owner's manual.
Use the deck lever to raise the deck.
Remove the scrap lumber.
Remove the deck from under the mower.
To adjust the drive belt:
Remove the belt from the large idler pulley.
Remove the belt from the adjustable idler pulley.
Carefully remove the spring-loaded large idler pulley.
Loosen the adjustable idler pulley and move it slightly toward the rear of the mower to tighten it[md]or move it toward the front to loosen it—and retighten the pulley.
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