Weed Eater WE1538C Owner's Manual

If steering wheel crossbars are not horizontal (left to right) 
when wheels are positioned straight forward, remove steer-
 ing wheel and reassemble per instructions in the Assembly 
section of this manual.

The front wheel toe-in and camber are not adjustable on 
your tractor.  If damage has occurred to affect the front 
wheel toe-in or camber, contact your nearest authorized 
service center/department. 

Park the tractor on level surface.  En gage parking brake.  
For as sis tance, there is a belt installation guide decal on 
bottom side of left footrest.

BELT REMOVAL -
 •     Remove mower (See “TO RE MOVE MOWER” in this 

section of manual).

NOTE: Observe entire motion drive belt and position of all 
belt guides and keepers.
 •     Remove belt from stationary idler and clutching idler.
 •     Remove belt downward from around en gine pulley.
 •    Pull belt slack toward rear of trac tor.  Remove belt 

upwards from transaxle pulley by de fl ect ing belt keep-
 ers.

 •    Remove belt from center span keeper and pull belt 

away from tractor.

BELT INSTALLATION -
 •     Carefully work new belt down be tween transaxle belt 

keepers and onto the input pulley.

 •     Slide belt into the center span keeper.
 •     Pull belt toward front of tractor and roll around the top 

groove of engine pulley.

 •    Install belt through stationary idler and clutch 

ing 

idler.

 •    Make sure belt is in all pulley grooves and in side all 

belt guides and keep ers.

 •     Install mower (See “TO IN STALL MOWER” in this sec-

 tion of manual).

1-1/2"

Your tractor is equipped with an ad just able brake system 
which is mounted on the right side of the transaxle.

If tractor requires more than fi ve (5) feet to stop at highest 
speed in high est gear on a level, dry concrete or paved 
surface, then brake must be checked and ad just ed.

TO CHECK BRAKE
•      Park tractor on a level, dry concrete or paved surface, 

depress clutch/brake pedal all the way down and en-
gage parking brake.

•      Place gear shift lever in neutral (N) position.
The rear wheels must lock and skid when you try to manually 
push the tractor forward. If the rear wheels rotate, the brake 
needs to be adjusted or the pads need to be replaced.

TO ADJUST BRAKE
•      Depress clutch/brake pedal all the way down and en-

 gage parking brake.

•     Measure distance between brake operating arm and 

nut “A” on brake rod.

•      If distance is other than 1-1/2", loos en jam nut and turn 

nut “A” until dis tance becomes 1-1/2".  Re tight en jam 
nut against nut “A”.

•         Road test tractor for proper stopping distance as stated 

above.  Readjust if nec es sary.  If stopping distance is 
still greater than fi ve (5) feet in high est gear, further 
main te nance is nec es sary.  Replace brake pads or 
contact a qualifi ed service center.