Toro 22298 - Operating the Self-Propel Drive and Engaging the Cutting Blade; Checking the Blade-Brake Clutch

OperatingtheSelf-Propel
DriveandEngagingthe
CuttingBlade
Thismachineisequippedwithablade-brakeclutch.
Important:Toensurethattheblade-brakeclutchis
workingproperly,refertoCheckingtheBlade-Brake
Clutch(page13).
Themachinehas3groundspeeds:1(slow),2(medium),
and3(fast).Theself-propel-driveleverislocatedbelowand
behindthefueltank(Figure15).
Figure15
1.Self-propel-drivelever
•Tooperatetheself-propeldrivewithoutengaging
theblade:Raisetheblade-controlbartothehandle
(Figure16).
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Figure16
1.Raisetheblade-controlbartothehandle.
•Tooperatetheself-propeldriveandengagethe
blade:Movetheblade-controlbarallthewaytotheright
andraiseittothehandle(Figure17).
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Figure17
1.Movetheblade-control
bartotheright.
2.Raisetheblade-control
bartothehandle.
•Todisengagetheself-propeldriveandtheblade:
Releasetheblade-controlbar.
Note:Youcanvarythegroundspeedbyincreasingor
decreasingthedistancebetweentheblade-controlbarandthe
handle.Lowerthebartodecreasethegroundspeedwhenyou
aremakingaturnorifthemachineismovingtoofastforyou.
Ifyoulowerthebartoofar,themachinestopsself-propelling.
Squeezethebarclosertothehandletoincreasetheground
speed.Whenyouholdthebartightagainstthehandle,the
machineself-propelsatthemaximumgroundspeed.Move
theself-propel-drivelevertotheNEUTRALpositionwhenyou
usethemachinefortrimming.
CheckingtheBlade-Brake
Clutch
Checktheblade-controlbarbeforeeachusetoensurethat
theblade-brakeclutchisoperatingproperly.
CheckingwiththeGrassBag
1.Installtheemptygrassbagonthemachine.
2.Starttheengine.
3.Engagetheblade.
Note:Thebagshouldbegintoinate,indicatingthat
thebladeisengagedandrotating.
4.Releasetheblade-controlbar.
Note:Ifthebagdoesnotimmediatelydeate,the
bladeisstillrotating.Theblade-brakeclutchmaybe
deterioratingand,ifignored,couldresultinanunsafe
operatingcondition.Havethemachineinspectedand
servicedbyanAuthorizedServiceDealer.
5.Shutofftheengineandwaitforallmovingpartsto
stop.
CheckingwithouttheGrassBag
1.Movethemachineontoapavedsurfaceinanon-windy
area.
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