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Maintenance
thenewposition(Figure50).Tightentherear
lockingnutonthehangerbracket.
10.Continuelevelingthedeckbycheckingthe
front-to-rearbladeslope;refertoAdjustingthe
Front-to-RearBladeSlope.
AdjustingtheFront-to-RearBlade
Slope
Checkthefront-to-rearbladelevelanytimeyouinstall
themower.Ifthefrontofthemowerismorethan
5/16inch(7.9mm)lowerthantherearofthemower,
adjustthebladelevelusingthefollowinginstructions:
1.Parkthemachineonalevelsurfaceanddisengage
thebladecontrolswitch.
2.Movethemotioncontrolleversoutwardtothe
parkposition,stoptheengine,removethekey,
andwaitforallmovingpartstostopbefore
leavingtheoperatingposition.
3.Settheheight-of-cutlevertomiddleposition.
Note:Checkandadjusttheside-to-sideblade
levelifyouhavenotcheckedthesetting;referto
Side-to-SideLeveling.
4.Carefullyrotatethebladessotheyarefacingfront
torear(
Figure51andFigure52).
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Figure51
42InchDecks
1.Bladesfronttorear
2.Measurefromthetipofthebladetotheatsurfacehere
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2
3
Figure52
50InchDecks
1.Bladesfronttorear
2.Outsidecuttingedges
3.Measurefromthetipofthebladetotheatsurfacehere
5.Measurefromthetipofthefrontbladetotheat
surfaceandthetipoftherearbladetotheat
surface(
Figure51andFigure52).Ifthefront
bladetipisnot1/16-5/16inch(1.6-7.9mm)lower
thantherearbladetip,adjustthefrontlocknut.
6.Toadjustthefront-to-rearbladeslope,rotate
theadjustmentnutinthefrontofthemower
(
Figure53).
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Figure53
1.Adjustingrod3.Locknut
2.Adjustingblock
7.Toraisethefrontofthemower,tightenthe
adjustmentnut.Tolowerthefrontofthemower,
loosentheadjustmentnut.
8.Afteradjustment,checkthefront-to-rearslope
again.Continueadjustingthenutuntilthefront
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