Toro 74909TE - Controls System Maintenance; Adjusting the Control-Handle Position

Figure88
1.Idlerpulley
5.Lefthydraulic-pumppulley
2.Clutchpulley6.Squareholeinidlerarm
3.Pump-drivebelt7.Idlerspring
4.Righthydraulic-pump
pulley
5.Usearatchetinthesquareholeintheidlerarmto
removetheidlerspring(Figure88).
6.Unhooktheidlerspringfromtheframe(Figure88).
7.Removethebeltfromthehydraulic-unit-drivepulleys
andtheenginepulley.
8.Installthenewbeltaroundenginepulleyandthe2
drivepulleys.
9.Usingaratchetinthesquareholeintheidlerarm,
installtheidlerspringtotheframe(Figure88).
10.Installthemowerbelt;refertoReplacingtheMower
Belt(page54).
ControlsSystem
Maintenance
AdjustingtheControl-Handle
Position
Thereare2heightpositionsforthecontrollevers—highand
low .Removetheboltstoadjusttheheight.
1.Disengagetheblade-controlswitch(PTO),movethe
motion-controlleverstotheNEUTRAL-LOCKposition,
andsettheparkingbrake.
2.Shutofftheengine,removethekey,andwaitforall
movingpartstostopbeforeleavingtheoperating
position.
3.Loosentheboltsandangenutsinstalledinthelevers
(Figure89).
4.Aligntheleversinthefront-to-rearpositionbybringing
theleverstogethertotheNEUTRALposition,slidethem
untiltheyarealigned,andtightenthebolts(Figure89).
Figure89
1.Bolt
3.Controllever
2.Handle4.Nut
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