Operator's Manual

Figure77
1.Sharpenatoriginalangle
2.Checkthebalanceofthebladebyputtingitona
bladebalancer(Figure78).Ifthebladestaysina
horizontalposition,thebladeisbalancedandcanbe
used.Ifthebladeisnotbalanced,lesomemetaloff
theendofthesailareaonly(
Figure79).Repeatthis
procedureuntilthebladeisbalanced.
Figure78
1.Blade2.Balancer
InstallingtheBlades
1.Installthebladeontothespindleshaft(Figure79).
Important:Thecurvedpartoftheblademust
bepointingupwardtowardtheinsideofthe
mowertoensurepropercutting.
2.Installthespringdiskandbladebolt.Thespring
diskconemustbeinstalledtowardthebolthead
(
Figure79).Torquethebladeboltto85-110ft-lb
(115-150N-m).
Figure79
1.SailAreaofBlade
4.BladeBolt
2.Blade
5.ConeT owardsBoltHead
3.SpringDisk
ReplacingtheGrassDeector
WARNING
Anuncovereddischargeopeningcouldallowthe
lawnmowertothrowobjectsintheoperator'sor
bystander'sdirectionandresultinseriousinjury.
Also,contactwiththebladecouldoccur.
•Neveroperatethelawnmowerunlessyouinstall
acoverplate,amulchplate,oragrasschuteand
catcher.
•Makesurethegrassdeectorisinthedown
position.
1.Removethelocknut,bolt,springandspacerholding
thedeectortothepivotbrackets(Figure80).
2.Removethedamagedorworngrassdeector.
3.Placethespacerandspringontothegrassdeector.
PlacetheLendofthespringbehindthedeckedge.
Note:MakesuretheLendofthespringisinstalled
behindthedeckedgebeforeinstallingtheboltas
showninFigure80
4.Installtheboltandnut.
5.PlacetheJhookendofthespringaroundthegrass
deector(Figure80).
Important:Thegrassdeectormustbeableto
lowerdownintoposition.Liftthedeectorup
totestthatitlowersintothefulldownposition.
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