Service Manual

Adjustments
DPACuttingUnitCharacteristics
CAUTION
Neverinstallorworkonornearacuttingunitorcuttingunit
suspensionwiththeenginerunning.Alwaysstoptheengineand
removethekeybeforeworkingonornearacuttingunit.
Note:Whenadjustingreeltobedknifeorgrinding/backlapping,cuttingunit
assemblymustbeattachedtotractionunitorframexture.
Thedualpointadjust(DPA)bedknife-to-reeladjustmentsystemincorporatedin
thiscuttingunitsimpliestheadjustmentprocedureneededtodeliveroptimum
mowingperformance.Thepreciseadjustmentpossiblewiththisdesigngives
thenecessarycontroltoprovideacontinualself-sharpeningaction.Thisfeature
maintainssharpcuttingedges,assuresgoodqualityofcutandgreatlyreduces
theneedforroutinebacklapping.
Ifacuttingunitisdeterminedtobeoutofadjustment,completethefollowing
proceduresinthespeciedordertoadjustthecuttingunitproperly.
1.Adjustthebedknifetoreelcontact;refertotheCuttingUnitOperator’s
Manual.
2.Adjusttheheight-of-cut;refertotheCuttingUnitOperator’sManual.
3.Adjustthetopshield;refertotheCuttingUnitOperator’sManual.
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