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Dixie Chopper • 6302 E. County Road 100 N. • Coatesville, IN • 46121 • www.dixiechopper.com
Basic Mower Adjustments,
Maintenance, and Repairs
1. Lift front end of mower and support it with a
jack or jack stands with a suffi cient safe
working load capacity.
2. Wedge a short piece of 2x4 lumber between
the mower blade and the mower
deck to immobilize the blade while removing
or attaching hardware.
3. Remove bolts, washers, and spacer attach-
ing blade-to-blade shaft, and remove
blades.
4. Apply anti-seize compound to threads of
attaching bolts before installation of new or
sharpened blades.
5. In reverse order as removed, install
new or sharpened blade with spacer,
washers, and bolts. Make certain
to keep the air lift area, (turned-up section)
of blade, facing the underside of mower
deck. Ensure that the fi ber
washer (which acts as a vibration damper)
is against the blade.
6. Tighten bolts to a torque of
80-100 ft-lbs (108-135 N•m).
NOTE: Replacing the mower blades is the
preferred method of ensuring your mower
blades are sharp. Sharpening blades yourself is
not recommended. However, if you choose to
do so, the blades must be balanced after being
sharpened.
1. Remove blades as outlined in Blade Replace-
ment procedure.
2. Sharpen the blades using a hand grinder.
3. Balance the blades using a cone blade balancer
following the instructions supplied with bal-
ancer.
4. Install newly sharpened blades as outlined in
Blade Replacement procedure.
Blade Sharpening
Use caution when handling
mower blades during replacement or main-
tenance. Wear appropriate protective gloves
and clothing and cover the sharp cutting
edges of the blades. Failure to comply can
result in personal injury.
Newly sharpened blades
must be balanced using a blade balancer be-
fore reinstalling them. Failure to comply can
result in severe damage to equipment.
Never work with mower blades
while mower is running. Make sure that the
ignition switch is off and key removed, PTO
switch is disengaged, motion control levers
are in neutral lock, and parking brake is on.
Failure to comply will result in personal injury
or death.
Disconnect the spark plug
wire and place the wire where it cannot con-
tact spark plug when setting up, adjusting,
doing repairs on, or transporting your mower.
Mower can accidentally start if the spark plug
wire is connected. Failure to comply can re-
sult in personal injury or death.
Use caution when handling
mower blades during replacement or main-
tenance. Wear appropriate protective gloves
and clothing and cover the sharp cutting
edges of the blades. Failure to comply can
result in personal injury.
Blade Replacement
WARNING
CAUTION
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