Service Manual

Table of Contents
Chapter 9
Grooming Reel Cutting Units
(For Four Bolt Adjust and Single Point Adjust Cutting Units)
SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Groomer Reel Drive Belt Adjustment. . . . . . . . . 19
SPECIAL TOOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Pull Frame Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 REPAIRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Factors Affecting Quality of Cut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Cutting Unit Removal and Installation . . . . . . . . 21
Factors Affecting Grooming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Reel Lapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Groomer Mechanical Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Bedbar Removal and Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SET UP AND ADJUSTMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Bedbar Bushing Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Adjustment Summary and Check List . . . . . . . . 10 Bedknife Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Bedknife to Reel Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Preparing Cutting Unit for Reel Grinding . . . . . . 25
Reel Bearing Service and Adjustment. . . . . . . . 12 Reel Removal and Bearing Replacement . . . . . 26
Parallel Bedknife to Reel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Groomer Reel Blade Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Leveling Rear Roller to Reel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Groomer Reel Drive Belt Replacement . . . . . . . 28
Height of Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Groomer Reel Removal and Installation . . . . . . 29
Groomer Reel Depth Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Groomer Reel Clutch Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Shield Height Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Bedknife Adjustment Knob Bearing Service . . . 32
Top Bar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Lift Bail Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Introduction
See Chapter 7 - 4 Bolt Adjust Cutting Units for
specific information about 4 Bolt Adjust Cutting Units
equipped with Grooming Reels. Specific information for
4-Bolt Adjust Cutting Units (i.e., bedknife to
reel adjust-
ment, bedbar removal and installation, and leveling rear
roller to reel) is not covered in this chapter.
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