Toro Groundsmaster 4000-D - Pivoting (Tilting) the Front Cutting Unit Upright; Pivoting the Front Cutting Unit down

Figure74
1.Adjustmentscrew2.Decklatch
Pivoting(Tilting)theFront
CuttingUnitUpright
Note:Althoughnotneededfornormalmaintenance
procedures,thefrontcuttingunitcanbepivoted(tilted)
toanuprightposition(Figure75).Shouldyoudesireto
tiltthecuttingunit,proceedasfollows:
Figure75
1.Raisethefrontcuttingunitslightlyoffoftheoor,
settheparkingbrake,andstoptheengine.Remove
theignitionkey.
2.Removethehairpincotterandclevispinsecuringthe
decktransportlatchtothelatchplate(Figure76).
Pivotlatchtowardrearofdeck.
Figure76
1.Transportlatch2.Latchplate
3.Removethehairpincotterandclevispinsecuringthe
height-of-cutchainstotherearofthecuttingunit.
4.Starttheengine,slowlyraisethefrontcuttingunit,
andstoptheengine.Removetheignitionkey.
5.Graspthefrontofthecuttingunitandliftittoan
uprightposition.
6.Holdthecuttingunitupright,tthecableendover
thepinonthecuttingunitliftarmandsecureitwith
thehairpincotter(Figure77).
Figure77
1.Cable
2.Pin
PivotingtheFrontCuttingUnit
Down
1.Withthehelpofanotherperson,holdthecutting
unitupright,removethehairpincottersecuringthe
cableend,andremovethecablefromthepin.
2.Pivot(tilt)thecuttingunitdownward.
3.Storethecableundertheoperator’splatform.
4.Sitontheseat,starttheengine,andlowerthecutting
unituntilitisslightlyoffoftheoor.
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