Operator's Manual

InstallingtheBlades
1.Installthebladeontothespindleshaft(Figure94).
Important:Thecurvedpartoftheblademust
bepointingupwardtowardtheinsideofthe
mowertoensurepropercutting.
2.Installthespringdiskandbladebolt.Thespring
diskconemustbeinstalledtowardthebolthead
(Figure94).Torquethebladeboltto85-110ft-lb
(115-150N-m).
Figure94
1.SailAreaofBlade
4.BladeBolt
2.Blade
5.ConeT owardsBoltHead
3.SpringDisk
RemovingtheMowerDeck
Beforeservicingorremovingthemowerdeck,the
springloadeddeckarmsmustbelockedout.
Deckliftarmassemblieshavestoredenergy.
Removingthedeckwithoutreleasingthe
storedenergycancauseseriousinjuryordeath.
DoNotattempttodisassemblethedeckfrom
thefrontframewithoutlockingoutthestored
energy.
1.Stopengine,waitforallmovingpartstostop,and
removekey.Engageparkingbrake.
2.Removetheheightadjustmentpinandlowerthe
decktotheground.
3.Placetheheightadjustmentpininthe3inch(7.6cm)
cuttingheightlocation.Thislocksthedeckliftarms
inthelowestpositionwhenthedeckisremovedand
thestoredenergyinthedeckspringisreleased.
4.Removethebeltcovers.
5.Liftuptheoorpanandinsertaratchetintothe
squareholeinthedeckidler(Figure95).
6.Rotatethedeckidlerclockwiseandremovethe
mowerbelt(Figure95).
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