7. T hen secure the y ok e with the clevis pin and
cotter pin. R e peat this procedure on the
opposite side of the mo w er .
Figure 45
1. Rear trunion rod
3. Jam nut
2. Clevis pin and cotter pin 4. Yoke
8. Set the height-of-cut at 3 inc h (76 mm) and
carefully rotate the blades so they are facing
front to rear ( Figure 46 ).
9. Measure betw een the tip of the front blade
( Figure 46 ) and the tip of the rear blade to
the flat surface . If the front blade tip is not
1/16-5/16 inc h (1.6-7.9 mm) lo w er than the
rear blade tip , adjust the front tr union rods .
Figure 46
1. Blade front to rear 3. Measure rear blade tip
2. Measure front blade tip 4. Measure here
10. T o adjust the front-to-rear blade slope , remo v e
the hair pin cotter from the front tr union y ok es
and loosen the jam n uts ( Figure 47 ).
Figure 47
1. Front trunion rod yoke
3. Jam nut
2. Hairpin cotter
11. R otate the y ok es on the rods to c hang e the
adjustment ( Figure 47 ). T o raise the front
of the mo w er , tighten the y ok es (shor ten the
rods). T o lo w er the front of the mo w er , loosen
the y ok es (lengthen the rods).
12. After adjusting both tr union rod y ok es ev enly ,
secure the y ok es with the hair pin cotters .
Chec k the front-to-rear lev el ag ain. Contin ue
adjusting the y ok es until the front blade tip is
1/16-5/16 inc h (1.6-7.9 mm) lo w er than the
rear blade tip ( Figure 46 ).
13. W hen the front-to-rear blade slope is cor rect,
tighten the jam n uts ( Figure 45 and Figure 47 ).
14. R ec hec k the side-to-side lev el of the mo w er;
refer to Lev eling the Mo w er from Side-to-Side .
15. Chec k the height of the anti-scalp rollers; refer
to Adjusting the Anti-Scalp R ollers .
Removing the Mower
1. P ark the mac hine on a lev el surface .
2. Diseng ag e the PTO and mo v e the control
lev ers to the neutral loc k ed position and apply
the parking brak e .
3. Stop the engine , remo v e the k ey , and w ait for
all mo ving par ts to stop before lea ving the
operating position.
4. Lo w er the height-of-cut lev er to the lo w est
position.
5. R emo v e the hair pin cotter and clevis pin from
the front tr union y ok es ( Figure 48 ).
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