Operator's Manual

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Figure58

1.Sailareaoftheblade3.Curvedwasher

2.Blade4.Bladebolt

SharpeningtheBlades

1.Usealetosharpenthecuttingedgeatboth

endsoftheblade(Figure59).

Note:Maintaintheoriginalangle.

Note:Thebladeretainsitsbalanceifthesame

amountofmaterialisremovedfrombothcutting

edges.

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Figure59

1.Sharpenatoriginalangle.

2.Checkthebalanceofthebladebyputtingitona

bladebalancer(Figure60).

Note:Ifthebladestaysinahorizontalposition,

thebladeisbalancedandcanbeused.

Note:Ifthebladeisnotbalanced,lesome

metalofftheendofthesailareaonly(Figure59).

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Figure60

1.Blade2.Balancer

3.Repeatthisprocedureuntilthebladeis

balanced.

InstallingtheBlades

1.Installthebladeontothespindleshaft(Figure

58).

Important:Thecurvedpartoftheblade

mustbepointingupwardtowardtheinside

ofthemowertoensurepropercutting.

2.Installthecurvedwasher(cuppedsidetoward

theblade)andthebladebolt(Figure58).

3.Torquethebladeboltto81to108N∙m(60to

80ft-lb).

LevelingtheMowerDeck

Checktoensurethatthemowerdeckislevelanytime

youinstallthemowerorwhenyouseeanunevencut

onyourlawn.

Checkthemowerdeckforbentbladespriorto

leveling,andremoveandreplaceanybentblades;

refertotheServicingtheCuttingBlades(page42)

beforecontinuing.

Levelthemowerdeckside-to-siderst;thenyoucan

adjustthefront-to-rearslope.

Requirements:

•Themachinemustbeonalevelsurface.

•Alltiresmustbeproperlyinated;refertoChecking

theTirePressure(page39).

CheckingtheSide-to-SideLevel

1.Parkthemachineonalevelsurface,disengage

theblade-controlswitch(PTO),andmovethe

motion-controlleversoutwardtothePARK

position.

2.Shutofftheengine,removethekey,andwait

forallmovingpartstostopbeforeleavingthe

operatingposition.

3.Settheheightofcutto76mm(3inches).

4.Carefullyrotatethebladessidetoside.

5.Measurebetweentheoutsidecuttingedgesand

theatsurface(Figure61).

Note:Ifbothmeasurementsarenotwithin5

mm(3/16inch),anadjustmentisrequired;refer

toLevelingfromSidetoSide(page45).

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