Toro 74901 - Controls System Maintenance; Adjusting the Control Handle Position; Adjusting the Motion Control Linkage

ControlsSystem
Maintenance
AdjustingtheControlHandle
Position
Therearetwoheightpositionsforthecontrollevers;
highandlow.Removetheboltstoadjusttheheightfor
theoperator.
1.DisengagethePTO,movethemotioncontrollevers
totheneutrallockedposition,andsettheparking
brake.
2.Stoptheengine,removethekey,andwaitforall
movingpartstostopbeforeleavingtheoperating
position.
3.Loosentheboltsandangenutsinstalledinthe
levers(
Figure79).
4.Aligntheleversfronttorearpositionbybringthe
leverstogethertotheneutralpositionandslide
themuntiltheyarealigned,thentightenthebolts
(
Figure80).
Figure79
1.Bolt
3.Controllever
2.Handle4.Nut
Figure80
AdjustingtheMotionControl
Linkage
Locatedoneithersideofthefueltank,belowtheseatare
thepumpcontrollinkages.Rotatingthepumplinkage
witha1/2inchwrenchallowsnetuningadjustments
sothatthemachinedoesnotmoveinneutral.Any
adjustmentsshouldbemadeforneutralpositioningonly.
WARNING
Enginemustberunninganddrivewheelsmust
beturningsomotioncontroladjustmentcanbe
performed.Contactwithmovingpartsorhot
surfacesmaycausepersonalinjury.
Keepngers,hands,andclothingclearofrotating
componentsandhotsurfaces.
1.Priortostartingtheengine,pushthedeckliftpedal
andremovetheheightofcutpin.Lowerdeckto
theground.
2.Raisetherearofmachineupandsupportwithjack
stands(orequivalentsupport)justhighenoughto
allowdrivewheelstoturnfreely.
3.Removetheelectricalconnectionfromtheseat
safetyswitch,locatedunderthebottomcushionof
theseat.Theswitchisapartoftheseatassembly.
4.Temporarilyinstallajumperwireacrossthe
terminalsintheconnectorofthemainwiring
harness.
5.Startengine.Brakemustbeengagedandmotion
controlleversouttostartengine.Operatordoes
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