Toro 74956 - Removing the Mower Deck

RemovingtheMowerDeck
Beforeservicingorremovingthemowerdeck,thespring
loadeddeckarmsmustbelockedout.
WARNING
Deckliftarmassemblieshavestoredenergy.
Removingthedeckwithoutreleasingthestored
energycancauseseriousinjuryordeath.
DoNotattempttodisassemblethedeckfromthe
frontframewithoutlockingoutthestoredenergy.
1.Stopengine,waitforallmovingpartstostop,and
removekey.Engageparkingbrake.
2.Removetheheightadjustmentpinandlowerthedeck
totheground.
3.Placetheheightadjustmentpininthe3inch(7.6cm)
cuttingheightlocation.Thislocksthedeckliftarmsin
thelowestpositionwhenthedeckisremovedandthe
storedenergyinthedeckspringisreleased.
4.Removethebeltcovers.
5.Liftuptheoorpanandinsertaratchetintothesquare
holeinthedeckidler(
Figure98).
6.Rotatethedeckidlerclockwiseandremovethemower
belt(Figure98).
Figure98
1.Clutchpulley5.Squareholeintheidler
armfortheratchet
2.Mowerbelt6.Idlergreasezerk
3.Springloadedidlerpulley
7.Beltguide
4.Ratchet
7.Removeandretainthehardwareonbothsidesofthe
deckasshowninFigure99.
Figure99
1.Rightstabilizer
2.Deckstrut(rightsideshown)
3.Removethereardeckliftattachmentshoulderboltandnut.
4.Removethefrontdeckliftattachmentshoulderboltandnut.
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