Grasshopper 718K User Manual

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1. Remove exhaust housing (item 10, pg.
1S).
2. Remove two carriage bolts (item 3S).
Lift out weight cover and rear weights.
3. Loosen spring tension (item 26, pg. 24)
on drive belt idler pulley.
4. Remove clutch bracket (item 2S).
5. Unplug wires from clutch and remove
center bolt (item 19). Slide clutch off of
engine crankshaft.
6. Reverse order to install new clutch.
7. Check clutch air gap after installation.
REPLACEMENTOFCLUTCH
1. Adjustment Nuts
2. Access Slots
3. Air Gap
4. Brake Plate
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• Stop engine and remove key.
• Using a feeler gauge, check the air gap.
Insert the feeler gauge into access slots
around the outside of the adjustment
nuts. The air gap should be .OOS" to
.010".
• Adjust the adjustment bolts until the
proper clearance is obtained in all three
access slots.
• Replace shields.
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To adjust the electric clutch/brake, use
the following procedure:
A WARNING If the mower deck or any
other PTOdriven device
will not stop within 5
seconds after the PTO
switch is placed in the
"OFF" position and with
the engine at full
throttle, the clutch/
brake requires adjust-
ment.
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CLUTCH/BRAKEADJUSTMENT
Refer to illustration on pg. 22. Remove
clevis pin (item 39) to disconnect the left
hand brake and linkage rod (item 3). Adjust
clevis yoke attached to adjustable brake
rod (item 5) until it takes 10 Ibs of pull at the
top of the hand lever to apply the parking
brake. Disconnect the right hand brake rod
(item 4). Reconnect the left brake and ad-
just the clevis yoke, which is attached to the
lower linkage rod (item 3), until it takes 10
Ibs of pull at the top of the hand lever to
apply the parking brake. Reconnect the
right brake rod.
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PARKING BRAKE ADJUSTMENT
• Loosen two set screws in coupling hub
and slide forward to allow gap for belt
removal.
• Replace belt and reverse procedure to
install belt.
• Replace belt shield before starting en-
gine.

Grasshopper 718K Specifications

General

Brand	Grasshopper
Model	718K
Category	Lawn Mower
Language	English