Maintenance
Checking the Mower Deck
Front-to-Rear Pitch
1. Adjust the tire pressure in the rear tires to the
cor rect specications .
2. Set the slope of the mo w er dec k to the lo w est
setting; refer to Adjusting the Slope of the
Mo w er Deck .
3. With the mac hine on lev el surface , position 1
blade front-to-rear .
4. Measure at A and B locations from a lev el surface
to the cutting edg e of the blade tips .
Note: T he mo w er blade should be 6 mm (1/4
inc h) lo w er in front at A than in the rear at B .
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1. Measure the blade at
points A and B
2. Measure from a level
surface
5. R otate the blades and re peat for other blades .
6. If the front-to-rear pitc h is not cor rect, refer to
Lev eling the Mo w er Deck fr om F r ont to R ear
section.
Leveling the Mower Deck from Front
to Rear
1. Loosen the jam n ut and side bolt in the y ok es that
y ou w ant to adjust.
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1. T op bolt
4. Side nut
2. Jam nut 5. Adjust these yokes to
adjust the front side of
the mower deck.
3. Y oke 6. Adjust these yokes to
adjust the rear side of
the mower deck.
2. R otate the top bolt of the y ok es to adjust the
height of the mo w er dec k.
Note: R otate the bolt cloc kwise to raise the dec k;
rotate the bolt countercloc kwise to lo w er it.
3. Tighten the jam n uts and side bolts .
4. Chec k the front-to-rear pitc h; refer to Checking
the Mo w er Deck fr om F r ont to R ear section.
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