Toro 74641 - Leveling the Mower Deck; Adjusting the Front-to-Rear Blade Slope

LevelingtheMowerDeck
Checktoensurethemowerdeckislevelanytimeyouinstall
themowerorwhenyouseeanunevencutonyourlawn.
Themowerdeckmustbecheckedforbentbladespriorto
leveling;anybentbladesmustberemovedandreplaced.Refer
totheCheckingforBentBladesprocedurebeforecontinuing.
Themowerdeckmustbeleveledside-to-siderstthenthe
fronttorearslopecanbeadjusted.
Requirements:
•Themachinemustbeonalevelsurface.
•Allfourtiremustbeproperlyinated.RefertoChecking
theTirePressureintheDriveSystemMaintenance
section.
LevelingtheMowerfromSide-to-Side
Themowerbladesmustbelevelfromsidetoside.Checkthe
side-to-sidelevelanytimeyouinstallthemowerorwhenyou
seeanunevencutonyourlawn.
1.Parkthemachineonalevelsurfaceanddisengagethe
bladecontrolswitch.
2.Movethemotioncontrolleversoutwardtothepark
position,stoptheengine,removethekey,andwaitfor
allmovingpartstostopbeforeleavingtheoperating
position.
3.Checktheairpressureofallfourtires.Ifneeded,adjust
totherecommendedination;refertoCheckingthe
TirePressureintheDriveSystemMaintenancesection.
4.Settheheight-of-cutlevertothe3inch(76mm)
position.
5.Carefullyrotatetheblade(s)sidetoside(Figure56).
Measurebetweentheoutsidecuttingedgesandthe
atsurface(
Figure56).Ifbothmeasurementsarenot
within3/16inch(5mm),anadjustmentisrequired;
continuewiththisprocedure.
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Figure56
1.Bladessidetoside
3.Outsidecuttingedges
2.Sailareaofblade
4.Measurehere
6.Movetotheleftsideofthemachine.Loosen,butdo
notremove,therearlockingnutonthehangerbracket
(Figure57).
7.Loosenthesidelockingnutonthehangerbracket
justenoughtoallowtheeccentricplatetobeadjusted
(Figure57).Usea3/8inchdriveextensiononasocket
wrenchtomanipulatetheeccentricplate.Usethe
wrenchtorepositiontheheightofthemowerdeckand
adjustitsothatthemeasurementstakeninstep5are
within3/16inch(5mm).
8.Stopthedeckattheadjustedpositionandtightenthe
sidelockingnutonthehangerbrackettoholdthenew
position(Figure57).Tightentherearlockingnuton
thehangerbracket.
9.Continuelevelingthedeckbycheckingthefront-to-rear
bladeslope;refertoAdjustingtheFront-to-RearBlade
Slope.
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Figure57
1.Hangerbracket4.Eccentricadjustmentplate
2.Rearlockingnut
5.Socketwrenchhole
3.Sidelockingnut6.Socketwrenchwith3/8
inchextension
AdjustingtheFront-to-RearBlade
Slope
Checkthefront-to-rearbladelevelanytimeyouinstallthe
mower.Ifthefrontofthemowerismorethan5/16inch
(7.9mm)lowerthantherearofthemower,adjusttheblade
levelusingthefollowinginstructions:
1.Parkthemachineonalevelsurfaceanddisengagethe
bladecontrolswitch.
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