Toro 74923TE - Removing and Installing the Mower Deck

InstallingtheBlades
1.Installthebladeontothespindleshaft(Figure94).
Important:Thecurvedpartoftheblademust
pointupwardtowardtheinsideofthemowerto
ensurepropercutting.
2.Installthespringdiskandbladebolt.The
springdiskconemustbeinstalledtowardthe
bolthead(Figure94).Torquethebladeboltto
115-150N-m(85-110ft-lb).
Figure94
1.Sailareaofblade3.Springdisk
2.Blade4.Bladebolt
RemovingandInstallingthe
MowerDeck
WARNING
Deckliftarmassemblieshavestoredenergy.
Removingthedeckwithoutreleasingthestored
energycancauseseriousinjuryordeath.
Donotattempttodisassemblethedeckfromthe
frontframewithoutlockingoutthestoredenergy.
RemovingtheMowerDeck
Important:Beforeservicingorremovingthemower
deck,thespringloadeddeckarmsmustbelockedout.
1.Stopengine,waitforallmovingpartstostop,and
removekey.Engageparkingbrake.
2.Removetheheightadjustmentpinandlowerthedeck
totheground.
3.Placetheheightadjustmentpininthe7.6cm(3inch)
cuttingheightlocation.Thislocksthedeckliftarmsin
thelowestpositionwhenthedeckisremovedandthe
storedenergyinthedeckspringisreleased.
4.Removethebeltcovers.
5.Removetheboltsthatsecuretheoorpantothe
machine.
6.Liftuptheoorpanandinsertaratchetintothesquare
holeinthedeckidler(Figure95).
Figure95
1.Clutchpulley5.Squareholeintheidler
armfortheratchet
2.Mowerbelt
6.Idlergreasetting
3.Springloadedidlerpulley
7.Beltguide
4.Ratchet
7.Rotatethedeckidlerclockwiseandremovethemower
belt(
Figure95).
8.Removeandretainthehardwareonbothsidesofthe
deckasshowninFigure96.
58