Maintenance
Figure14
1.Loosenjamnut
2.Pumpcontrolrodlinkage
3.Usewrenchtoturndoublenuts
9.Movethemotioncontrolleverstothereverse
position.Returnthemotioncontrolleversto
neutral.Thewheelsmuststopturning(orslightly
creepinreverse).
10.Stopengineandwaitforallmovingpartstostop.
Removejumperwirefromwireharnessconnector
andplugconnectorintoseatswitch.
11.Lowerfromjackstands.
WeightTransferSpring
Adjustment
Weighttransferspringsareassembledfromthe
factorytoapplythemaximumamountofweightonto
thedrivewheels.Thissettingprovidesthegreatest
amountoftraction.Someconditionsmayrequire
therearwheellifttobereduced.Thiscanbedone
byreducingtheamounttoweighttransfer,which
willincreasetheamountofweightonthefrontand
rearcasters.
1.Rotatetheleftmotioncontrolarmupandinto
theoperationposition.
2.Locateandloosentheknobundertherearofthe
leftfender(seeFigure15).
Figure15
1.Motioncontrollever3.Fenderknob
2.Leftfender
3.Slidethefenderforwardandtwistupwardand
outwardtoremove.
4.Toadjusttheweighttransfersprings,fold
themowerdeckandfrontframeandlockin
serviceposition.SeeDeckManualforcomplete
instructions.
WARNING
Weighttransferspringsmayhavestored
energy.Removingtheweighttransfer
springswithoutreleasingthestoredenergy
cancauseseriousinjury.
Foldmowerdeckandfrontframeandlockin
servicepositiontoremovespringtensionand
releasestoredenergybeforeperformingany
maintenanceoradjustmentsontheweight
transfersprings.(SeeDeckManualforDeck
Raisinginstructions).
5.Removetheretainingringandwasherateither
endoftheweighttransferspringthatretainsitto
thetransferbellcrankpinsand/orweighttransfer
springanchorpins(seeFigure16).
6.Pullthespringoffoffrontorrearpinand
re-installintheouterhole,toreducethespring
force.Re-installthewasherandretainingring.
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