Toro 03681 - Servicing the Bedbar

Note:Reelbearingsdonotrequirepreload.
Overtighteningreelbearingadjusternutwill
damagereelbearings.
4.Retightensetscrewsecuringbearingadjustingnut
tobearinghousing.Torqueto12-15in-lb.
ServicingtheBedbar
RemovingtheBedbar
1.Turnbedbaradjusterscrews,counterclockwise,to
backbedknifeawayfromreel(Figure23).
Figure23
1.Bedbaradjustingscrew3.Bedbar
2.Springtensionnut
4.Washer
2.Backoutthespringtensionnut,untilthewasheris
nolongertensionedagainstthebedbar(Figure23).
3.Oneachsideofthemachine,loosenthelocknut
securingthebedbarbolt(Figure24).
Figure24
1.Bedbarbolt2.Locknut
4.Removeeachbedbarboltallowingbedbartobe
pulleddownwardandremovedfrommachinebolt
(Figure24).Accountfor2nylonand1stamped
steelwashersoneachendofbedbar(Figure25).
Figure25
1.Bedbarbolt
3.Steelwasher
2.Nut4.Nylonwasher
AssemblingtheBedbar
1.Installbedbar,positioningmountingearsbetween
washerandbedbaradjuster.
2.Securebedbartoeachsideplatewithbedbarbolts
(nutsonbolts)and6washers.Anylonwasheristo
bepositionedoneachsideofsideplateboss.Place
asteelwasheroutsideeachofthenylonwashers
(Figure25).Torquebedbarboltsto27-33ft.-lb.
Tightenlocknutsuntiltheoutsidesteelwasher
stopsrotatingandendplayisremovedbutdonot
overtightenordeectsideplates.Washerson
insidemayhaveagap.
3.Tightenspringtensionnutuntilspringiscollapsed,
thenbackoff1/2turn(Figure26).
Figure26
1.Springtensionnut2.Spring
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