3.Makeinitialreeltobedknifeadjustments
appropriateforbacklappingonallcuttingunits
whicharetobebacklapped;refertothecutting
unitOperator'sManual.
4.Starttheengineandrunatlowidlespeed.
DANGER
Changingtheenginespeedwhile
backlappingmaycausethereelstostall.
•Neverchangetheenginespeedwhile
backlapping.
•Onlybacklapatidleenginespeed.
5.Selecteitherfront,rear,orbothbacklaplevers
todeterminewhichunitstobacklap(Figure75).
DANGER
Toavoidpersonalinjury,becertainthat
youareclearofthecuttingunitsbefore
proceeding.
6.WiththeMow/TransportleverintheMOW
position,movetheEnable/Disableswitchto
theENABLEposition.MovetheLowerMow/Lift
controlforwardtostartthebacklappingoperation
onthedesignatedreels.
7.Applylappingcompoundwithalonghandle
brush.Neveruseashorthandledbrush.
8.Ifthereelsstallorbecomeerraticwhile
backlapping,selectahigherreelspeedsetting
untilthespeedstabilizes,thenreturnthereel
speedtoyourdesiredspeed.
9.Tomakeanadjustmenttothecuttingunits
whilebacklapping,turnthereelsoffbymoving
theLowerMow/Raiseleverrearward;the
Enable/DisableswitchtotheDISABLEposition,
andshutofftheengine.Aftercompleting
adjustments,repeatsteps4through8.
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Figure75
1.Backlaplevers
10.Repeattheprocedureforallcuttingunitsyou
wanttobacklap.
11.Whennished,returnthebacklapleverstothe
MOWposition,lowertheseat,andwashall
lappingcompoundoffthecuttingunits.Adjust
cuttingunitreeltobedknifeasneeded.Adjust
thecuttingunitreelspeedtothedesiredmowing
setting.
Important:Ifthebacklapswitchis
notreturnedtotheOFFpositionafter
backlapping,thecuttingunitswillnotraise
orfunctionproperly.
Note:Forabettercuttingedge,runaleacross
thefrontfaceofthebedknifeafterlapping.This
removesanyburrsorroughedgesthatmay
havebuiltuponthecuttingedge.
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