Toro 22298 - Inspecting the Accelerator; Sharpening the Blade

Figure28
1.Sail
3.Wear
2.Flatpartoftheblade4.Slotformed
Note:Forthebestperformance,installanewbladebefore
themowingseasonbegins.Duringtheyear,ledownany
smallnickstomaintainthecuttingedge.
DANGER
Awornordamagedbladecanbreak,andapieceof
thebladecouldbethrowntowardyouorbystanders,
resultinginseriouspersonalinjuryordeath.
•Inspectthebladeperiodicallyforwearor
damage.
•Replaceawornordamagedblade.
InspectingtheAccelerator
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily—Inspectthe
acceleratorforwearordamage.
Carefullyexaminetheacceleratorforexcessivewear(Figure
29).Becausesandandabrasivematerialcanwearawaythe
metal(especiallyintheareashownasitem2inFigure29),
checktheacceleratorbeforeusingthemachine.Ifyounotice
thatatabontheacceleratorhasbeenworndowntoasharp
edgeorthereisacrack,replacetheaccelerator;referto
RemovingtheBlade(page22).
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Figure29
1.Accelerator3.Tab
2.Weararea
4.Crackformed
WARNING
Awornordamagedacceleratorcanbreak,anda
pieceoftheacceleratorcouldbethrowntowardyou
orbystanders,resultinginseriouspersonalinjury
ordeath.
•Inspecttheacceleratorperiodicallyforwearor
damage.
•Replaceawornordamagedaccelerator.
RemovingtheBlade
1.Grasptheendofthebladeusingaragorathickly
paddedglove.
2.Removethebladenuts,theaccelerator,andtheblade
(Figure28).
SharpeningtheBlade
ServiceInterval:Every50hours—Sharpenorreplacethe
blade.Maintainitmorefrequentlyifthe
edgedullsquicklyinroughorinsandy
conditions.
Filethetopsideofthebladetomaintainitsoriginalcutting
angle(Figure30A)andinnercuttingedgeradius(Figure
30B).Thebladewillremainbalancedifyouremovethesame
amountofmaterialfrombothcuttingedges.
Figure30
1.Sharpenthebladeatthis
angleonly.
2.Maintaintheoriginalradius
here.
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