Toro 74917 - Adjusting the Flow Baffle Cam Locks; Positioning the Flow Baffle

AdjustingtheFlowBafeCam
Locks
Thisprocedureisapplicableonlytomachineswith
theowbafelocks.Certainmodelswillhavenuts
andboltsin-placeoftheowbafelocksandcanbe
adjustedthesame.
Themowerdischargeowcanbeadjustedfordifferent
typesofmowingconditions.Positionthecamlocks
andbafetogivethebestqualityofcut.
1.Disengagethebladecontrolswitch(PTO),move
themotioncontrolleverstotheneutrallocked
positionandsettheparkingbrake.
2.Stoptheengine,removethekey,andwaitforall
movingpartstostopbeforeleavingtheoperating
position.
3.Toadjustthecamlocks,swingtheleverupto
loosenthecamlock(Figure30).
4.Adjustthebafeandcamlocksintheslotstothe
desireddischargeow.
5.Swingtheleverbackovertotightenthebafeand
camlocks(Figure30).
6.Ifthecamlocksdonotlockthebafeintoplace
oritistootight,loosentheleverandthenrotate
thecamlock.Adjustthecamlockuntilthedesired
lockingpressureisachieved.
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Figure30
1.Unlocklever
3.Positionthebafe
2.Rotatethecamlockto
increaseordecrease
lockingpressure
4.Locklever
PositioningtheFlowBafe
Thefollowingguresareonlyrecommendationsfor
use.Adjustmentswillvarybygrasstype,moisture
content,andheightofgrass.
Note:Iftheenginepowerdrawsdownandthemower
groundspeedisthesame,openupthebafe.
PositionA
Thisisthefullrearposition.Thesuggesteduseforthis
positionisafollows.
•Useforshort,lightgrassmowingconditions.
•Useindryconditions.
•Forsmallergrassclippings.
•Propelsgrassclippingsfartherawayfromthe
mower.
Figure31
PositionB
Usethispositionwhenbagging.Alwaysalignitwith
thebloweropening.
Figure32
PositionC
Thisisthefullopenposition.Thesuggestedusefor
thispositionisasfollows.
•Useintall,densegrassmowingconditions.
•Useinwetconditions.
•Lowerstheenginepowerconsumption.
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