Figure 52
1. Left rear tire 3. Vent plug
2. Hydraulic lter
Mower Deck
Maintenance
Leveling the Mower
Important: T her e ar e onl y thr ee measuring
positions needed to lev el the mo w er .
1. P osition mo w er on a flat surface .
2. Diseng ag e the PTO , mo v e the motion control
lev ers to the neutral loc k ed position and set
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. Chec k tire pressure of the rear tires . If needed,
adjust to 13 psi (90 kP a)
5. Place tw o thic k bloc ks under rear left and right
lo w er edg e of the mo w er dec k so the w eight of
the dec k rests on the bloc ks .
6. Lo w er the mo w er to the 3 inc h (76 mm)
height-of-cut position.
7. Loosen the bolts connecting the tw o c hains
and the tw o rear brac k ets to the mo w er
( Figure 54 ).
8. Adjust the tw o rear bolts so they are in the
middle of the slot located in the pi v ot brac k et
( Figure 54 ).
9. Adjust the bolts so the end of the bolt is flush
with the n ut. T his will allo w the bushing to
roll in the slot in the mo w er dec k brac k et
( Figure 53 ).
10. Adjust the disc harg e side front bolt so it is
in the middle of the slot located in the pi v ot
brac k et ( Figure 54 ).
11. Raise the mo w er dec k and remo v e the bloc ks
holding up the mo w er dec k.
12. Adjust the left front bolt in the pi v ot brac k et
so the c hain has no slac k in it.
13. Inspect the four c hains . T he c hains need to
ha v e tension.
Note: W hen properly adjusted, the front
blade tip will be a 1/4 inc h (6 mm) lo w er for
34 inc h mo w ers and 3/16 (4 mm) lo w er for 40
inc h mo w ers than the rear blade tip . R efer to
Chec king for Bent Blades for the procedure to
measure the blade tip height.
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