Service Manual

Repairs
Cutting Unit Removal and Installation
Remove cutting unit from traction unit before doing
adjustments or repairs.
1. Remove basket from cutting unit.
2. Disconnect chain from cross tube
on each rear cutting
unit (Fig. 17).
1
Figure 17
1. Lock up chain
3. Loosen reel motor mounting nuts (Fig. 18). Rotate the
motor clockwise so motor flanges clear studs and pull
motor off of cutting unit.
1
2
Figure 18
1. Reel drive motor 2. Mounting nuts
4. Remove capscrew, lock washer, flat washer and
thrust washer from cutting unit mounting shaft (Fig. 19).
5. Pull cutting unit off mounting shaft.
6. Reverse steps 1 - 5 to install cutting unit.
3
2
1
Figure 19
1. Cutting unit mounting shaft
2. Carrier tube frame pivot tube
3. Capscrew, lockwasher, flat washer and thrust washer
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