Toro Groundsmaster 4100 - Correcting a Mower-Deck Mismatch

toensuresharpness(Figure131).Theblade
remainsbalancedifthesameamountofmetal
isremovedfrombothcuttingedges.
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Figure131
1.Sharpenattheoriginalangle.
Note:Removethebladesandsharpenthem
onagrinder.Aftersharpeningthecuttingedges,
installthebladewiththeanti-scalpcupand
bladebolt;refertoRemovingandInstallingthe
MowerBlade(s)(page84).
CorrectingaMower-Deck
Mismatch
Whenthereismismatchbetweenthebladesona
singlemowerdeck,thegrassappearsstreakedwhen
itiscut.Youcancorrectthisproblembyensuringthat
thebladesarestraight.
1.Parkthemachineonalevelsurface.
2.Raisetheheightofcuttothehighestposition;
refertoAdjustingtheHeightofCut(page26).
3.Lowerthemowerdeckontotheatsurfaceand
removethecoversfromthetopofthemower
deck.
4.Loosentheangenutthatsecurestheidler
pulleytoreleasethebelttension.
5.Rotatethebladesuntiltheendsfaceforward
andrearwardandmeasurefromtheoortothe
fronttipofthecuttingedge.Rememberthis
dimension.
6.Rotatethesamebladesothattheoppositeend
isforward,andmeasureagain.Thedifference
betweenthedimensionsmustnotexceed3mm
(1/8inch).Ifthedimensionexceeds3mm(1/8
inch),replacetheblade,asitisbent.Measure
alltheblades.
7.Comparethemeasurementsoftheouterblades
withthecenterblade.
Note:Thecenterblademustnotbemorethan
10mm(3/8inch)lowerthantheouterblades.If
thecenterbladeismorethan10mm(3/8inch)
lowerthantheouterblades,proceedtostep8
andaddshimsbetweenthespindlehousingand
thebottomofthemowerdeck.
8.Removethebolts,atwashers,lockwashers,
andnutsfromtheouterspindleinthearea
whereyoumustaddtheshims.
Note:T oraiseorlowertheblade,addashim
(PartNo.3256-24)betweenthespindlehousing
andthebottomofthemowerdeck.Continue
tocheckthealignmentofthebladesandadd
shimsuntilthetipsofthebladesarewithinthe
requireddimension.
Important:Donotusemorethan3shimsat
any1holelocation.Usedecreasingnumbers
ofshimsinadjacentholesifmorethan1
shimisaddedtoany1holelocation.
9.Adjusttheidlerpulleyandinstallthebeltcovers.
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