Toro 74923TE - Controls System Maintenance; Adjusting the Control Handle Position; Adjusting the Motion Control Linkage

ControlsSystem
Maintenance
AdjustingtheControlHandle
Position
Thereare2heightpositionsforthecontrollevers;highand
low .Removetheboltstoadjusttheheightfortheoperator.
1.DisengagethePTO,movethemotioncontrolleversto
theneutrallockedposition,andsettheparkingbrake.
2.Stoptheengine,removethekey,andwaitforallmoving
partstostopbeforeleavingtheoperatingposition.
3.Loosentheboltsandangenutsinstalledinthelevers
(Figure76).
4.Aligntheleversfronttorearpositionbybringthe
leverstogethertotheneutralpositionandslidethem
untiltheyarealigned,thentightenthebolts(Figure77).
Note:Iftheendsofthelevers
hitagainsteachother,referto
AdjustingtheMotionControlNeutralLockPivot(page51).
Figure76
1.Bolt
3.Controllever
2.Handle4.Nut
Figure77
AdjustingtheMotionControl
Linkage
Thepumpcontrollinkagesarelocatedoneithersideofthe
fueltank,belowtheseat.Rotatingthepumplinkagewitha
1/2inchwrenchallowsnetuningadjustmentssothatthe
machinedoesnotmoveinneutral.Anyadjustmentsshould
bemadeforneutralpositioningonly.
WARNING
Enginemustberunninganddrivewheelsmust
beturningsomotioncontroladjustmentcanbe
performed.Contactwithmovingpartsorhot
surfacesmaycausepersonalinjury.
Keepngers,hands,andclothingclearofrotating
componentsandhotsurfaces.
1.Priortostartingtheengine,pushthedeckliftpedal
andremovetheheightofcutpin.Lowerdecktothe
ground.
2.Raisetherearofmachineupandsupportwithjack
stands(orequivalentsupport)justhighenoughto
allowdrivewheelstoturnfreely.
3.Removetheelectricalconnectionfromtheseatsafety
switch,locatedunderthebottomcushionoftheseat.
Theswitchisapartoftheseatassembly.
4.Temporarilyinstallajumperwireacrosstheterminals
intheconnectorofthemainwiringharness.
5.Starttheengine.Thebrakemustbeengagedand
themotioncontrolleversouttostarttheengine.
Theoperatordoesnothavetobeintheseat
becauseofthejumperwirebeingused.Runthe
engineatfullthrottleandreleasethebrake.
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