Service Manual

Service Dealer’s Guide to Great Quality of Cut 1 - 1
Introduction
Manual Purpose
This manual describes the setup, operator instruction,
and mowing tips that promote a great quality of cut.
This manual contains material covering Toro and
Lawn-Boy brand rotary mowers built in 2002. This
information also applies to similarly-designed products
produced before or after 2002. The Toro Company has
made every effort to make the information in this
manual complete and correct.
Intended Audience
This manual is written expressly for the Toro and
Lawn-Boy servicing dealer. It assumes the reader has
basic mechanical knowledge and skills.
Contents
This manual contains the following sections:
1. Introduction — This section.
2. Elements of a Great Quality of Cut — This section
provides an overview of the setup and operator
instruction that promote a great quality of cut.
3. Inspecting and Sharpening the Blade — This
section describes how to remove, inspect,
sharpen, balance, and install a blade.
4. Checking and Adjusting Blade Level — This
section describes how to check and adjust the
blade level on all types of Toro and Lawn-Boy
brand rotary mowers built in 2002.
5. Troubleshooting Quality of Cut — This section
describes general quality of cut troubleshooting
procedures and procedures for addressing
specific quality of cut problems.
6. Kits to Improve Quality of Cut — This section
describes kits designed to address specific quality
of cut problems on certain Toro and Lawn-Boy
brand rotary mowers.
7. Appendices — This section contains a glossary of
quality of cut terms and a list of special tools used
in addressing quality of cut problems. It also
contains a Mower Quality of Cut Checklist for use
when troubleshooting quality of cut problems.