Toro 74939 - Controls System Maintenance; Adjusting the Control Handle Position; Adjusting the Motion Control Linkage

ControlsSystem
Maintenance
AdjustingtheControlHandle
Position
Therearetwoheightpositionsforthecontrollevers;highand
low .Removetheboltstoadjusttheheightfortheoperator.
1.DisengagethePTO,movethemotioncontrolleversto
theneutrallockedposition,andsettheparkingbrake.
2.Stoptheengine,removethekey,andwaitforallmoving
partstostopbeforeleavingtheoperatingposition.
3.Loosentheboltsandangenutsinstalledinthelevers
(Figure81).
4.Aligntheleversfronttorearpositionbybringthe
leverstogethertotheneutralpositionandslidethem
untiltheyarealigned,thentightenthebolts(Figure82).
Figure81
1.Bolt
3.Controllever
2.Handle4.Nut
Figure82
AdjustingtheMotionControl
Linkage
Thepumpcontrollinkagesarelocatedbelowtheseaton
eithersideofthefueltank.Rotatethepumplinkagewith
a1/2inchwrenchfornetuningadjustmentssothatthe
machinedoesnotmoveinneutral.Anyadjustmentsshould
bemadeforneutralpositioningonly.
WARNING
Theenginemustberunningandthedrivewheels
mustbeturningsothatthemotioncontrol
adjustmentcanbeperformed.Contactwithmoving
partsorhotsurfacesmaycausepersonalinjury.
Keepyourngers,hands,andclothingclearof
rotatingcomponentsandhotsurfaces.
1.Priortostartingtheengine,pushthedeckliftpedal
andremovetheheightofcutpin.Lowerthedeckto
theground.
2.Raisetherearofthemachineupandsupportitwith
jackstands(orequivalentsupport)justhighenoughto
allowthedrivewheelstoturnfreely.
3.Removetheelectricalconnectionfromtheseatsafety
switch,locatedunderthebottomcushionoftheseat.
Theswitchisapartoftheseatassembly.
4.Temporarilyinstallajumperwireacrosstheterminals
intheconnectorofthemainwiringharness.
5.Starttheengine.Thebrakemustbeengagedand
themotioncontrolleversouttostarttheengine.
Theoperatordoesnothavetobeintheseat
becauseofthejumperwirebeingused.Runthe
engineatfullthrottleandreleasethebrake.
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