Toro 22296 - Blade Replacement and Adjustment; Removing the Mower Blade; Sharpening the Cutting Blade; Balancing the Mower Blade

WARNING
Awornordamagedacceleratorcanbreak,anda
pieceoftheacceleratorcouldbethrownatyouor
bystanders,resultinginseriouspersonalinjuryor
death.
•Inspecttheacceleratorperiodicallyforwearor
damage.
•Replaceawornordamagedaccelerator.
RemovingtheBlade
1.Grasptheendofthebladeusingaragorathickly
paddedglove.
2.Removethebladenuts,theaccelerator,andtheblade
(Figure26).
SharpeningtheBlade
ServiceInterval:Every50hours—Sharpenorreplacethe
blade.Maintainitmorefrequentlyifthe
edgedullsquicklyinroughorinsandy
conditions.
Filethetopsideofthebladetomaintainitsoriginalcutting
angle(Figure28A)andinnercuttingedgeradius(Figure
28B).Thebladewillremainbalancedifyouremovethesame
amountofmaterialfrombothcuttingedges.
Figure28
1.Sharpenthebladeatthis
angleonly.
2.Maintaintheoriginalradius
here.
BalancingtheBlade
1.Checkthebalanceofthebladebyplacingthecenter
holeofthebladeoveranailorscrewdrivershank
clampedhorizontallyinavise(Figure29).
Figure29
Note:Youcanalsocheckthebalanceusinga
commerciallymanufacturedbladebalancer.
2.Ifeitherendofthebladerotatesdownward,lethat
end(notthecuttingedgeortheendnearthecutting
edge)untilneitherendofthebladedrops.
InstallingtheBlade
1.Installasharp,balancedToroblade,theaccelerator,and
thebladenuts.Thesailoftheblademustpointtoward
thetopofthemowerhousingforproperinstallation.
Note:Torquethebladenutsto20to37N-m(15to
27ft-lb).
WARNING
Operatingthemachinewithouttheaccelerator
inplacecancausethebladetoex,bend,or
break,resultinginseriousinjuryordeathto
youortobystanders.
Donotoperatethemachinewithoutthe
acceleratorinplace.
2.Returnthemachinetotheoperatingposition.
AdjustingtheBlade-Brake
Cable
Theblade-brakecableisadjustedatthefactory;youdonot
needtoadjustitunlessyouarereplacingthecableorthe
blade-brakebelt.Ifyouneedtoreplacethecable,replace
boththecableandthebeltatthesametime.
1.Installanewblade-brakebeltandassemblethe
machineexceptforthe2beltcoversonthetopofthe
mowerhousing.
2.Installthenewblade-brakecable,butdonottighten
thecableclamponthetopofthemowerhousing
(Figure30).
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