Service Manual

Table Of Contents
Groundsmaster 4500 --D/4700--DPage 7 -- 4Chassis
Service a nd Repairs
Steering Column
1. Steering wheel cover
2. Lock nut
3. Steering wheel
4. Flat washer
5. Socket head screw (4 used)
6. Flange head screw (4 used)
7. Steering column
8. Steering control valve
9. Socket head screw (4 used)
10. Flange nut (4 used)
11. Tinnerman nut (4 used)
12. Column brace
Figure 2
FRONT
RIGHT
2
3
5
4
7
8
9
10
11
6
12
1
6
6
20 to 26 ft--lb
(28to35N--m)
Antiseize
Lubricant
7to10ft--lb
(9.5 to 13.5 N--m)
Antiseize
Lubricant
Removal ( Fig. 2)
1. Park the machine on a level surface, engage the
parking brake, lower the cutting decks and stop the en-
gine. Remove the key from the ignition switch.
2. Remove platform shroud from machine to allow ac-
cess to steering column fasteners (Fig. 3).
3. Remove cover from steering wheel by carefully pry-
ing up on one of the cover spokes.
4. Remove lock nut and flat washer that secure steer-
ing wheel to steering column.
5. Use a suitable puller to remove steering wheel from
steering column.
6. Remove four (4) flange head screws that secure col-
umn brace (item 12) to frame platform. Remove brace
from machine to allow a ccess to steering column fasten-
ers.
7. Slide rubber bellows up steering column to allow ac-
cess to fasteners that secure steering control valve and
steering column to machine.
8. Support steering control valve to prevent it from shif-
ting during steering column removal.