The motor is mounted with two Phillips head screws at the
top. After removing these screws,
the motor will not lift all the way out, but it will lift up enough for you to
get the belt off the spindles and attach the new belt. You really need a magnetic tip screwdriver for the screw at
the top right of the motor.
Attach
the new belt, first around the motor, then the stainless spindle and then the
two wheels. After you have the belt
on and the motor remounted, I suggest manually turning the wheels a few rounds,
just to make sure the belt is guided on properly and doesn’t fall off.
After you’ve done that, your ready to reassemble the unit in the
opposite manner you took it apart. Good
Luck.
Congratulations!! You half way through, now all you have to do is put this mess back together!
Reattaching the plastic housing to the unit can be a little tricky.
If you look below the
motor, on the right side, you will see a metal rod sticking up. This rod must slide through the rear section of the unit, and
through the white plastic assembly that is below the motor (the same assembly
you removed the metal flat bar from earlier).
There are teeth on the big wheels that meet gears on the plastic housing,
so you may have to play with it a little. But just be gentle and careful and you
can snap it back together.
