Operator's Manual

the flat surface . If the front blade tip is not
1/16-5/16 inc h (1.6-7.9 mm) lo w er than the
rear blade tip , adjust the front tr union rods .
Figure 48
1. Blade front to rear 3. Measure rear blade tip
2. Measure front blade tip 4. Measure here
10. T o adjust the front-to-rear blade slope , remo v e
the hair pin cotter from the front tr union y ok es
and loosen the jam n uts ( Figure 49 ).
Figure 49
1. Front trunion rod yoke
3. Jam nut
2. Hairpin cotter
11. R otate the y ok es on the rods to c hang e the
adjustment ( Figure 49 ). T o raise the front
of the mo w er , tighten the y ok es (shor ten the
rods). T o lo w er the front of the mo w er , loosen
the y ok es (lengthen the rods).
12. After adjusting both tr union rod y ok es ev enly ,
secure the y ok es with the hair pin cotters .
Chec k the front-to-rear lev el ag ain. Contin ue
adjusting the y ok es until the front blade tip is
1/16-5/16 inc h (1.6-7.9 mm) lo w er than the
rear blade tip ( Figure 48 ).
13. W hen the front-to-rear blade slope is cor rect,
tighten the jam n uts ( Figure 47 and Figure 49 ).
14. R ec hec k the side-to-side lev el of the mo w er;
refer to Lev eling the Mo w er from Side-to-Side .
15. Chec k the height of the anti-scalp rollers; refer
to Adjusting the Anti-Scalp R ollers .
Removing the Mower
1. P ark the mac hine on a lev el surface .
2. Diseng ag e the blade control switc h and mo v e
the control lev ers to the neutral loc k ed position
and apply the parking brak e .
3. Stop the engine , remo v e the k ey , and w ait for
all mo ving par ts to stop before lea ving the
operating position.
4. Lo w er the height-of-cut lev er to the lo w est
position.
5. R emo v e the hair pin cotter and clevis pin from
the front tr union y ok es ( Figure 50 ).
Figure 50
1. Hairpin cotter and clevis
pin
2. Front trunion
6. R emo v e the hair pin cotter and clevis pin from
the rear tr union rod ( Figure 51 ) on eac h side
of the mo w er .
7. R emo v e the hair pin cotter and w asher at
the mo w er lev eling brac k ets ( Figure 51 ) on
eac h side of the mo w er . Note whic h hole
the lev eling brac k et is mounted in for future
installation. Slide the brac k ets off of the
mounting pin.
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