Toro MX 5050 - Installing the Blades; Leveling the Mower Deck; Leveling from Side to Side

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Figure53
1.Blade2.Balancer
3.Repeatthisprocedureuntilthebladeis
balanced.
InstallingtheBlades
1.Installthebladeontothespindleshaft(Figure
51).
Important:Thecurvedpartoftheblade
mustpointupwardtowardtheinsideofthe
mowertoensurepropercutting.
2.Installthecurvedwasher(cuppedsidetoward
theblade)andthebladebolt(Figure51).
3.Torquethebladeboltto47to88N∙m(35to65
ft-lb).
LevelingtheMowerDeck
Checktoensurethatthemowerdeckislevelanytime
youinstallthemowerorwhenyouseeanunevencut
onyourlawn.
Themowerdeckmustbecheckedforbentblades
priortoleveling;anybentbladesmustberemoved
andreplaced;refertoCheckingforBentBlades(page
37)beforecontinuing.
Themowerdeckmustbeleveledside-to-siderst
thenthefronttorearslopecanbeadjusted.
Requirements:
•Themachinemustbeonalevelsurface.
•Alltiresmustbeproperlyinated;refertoChecking
theTirePressure(page35).
LevelingfromSidetoSide
1.Parkthemachineonalevelsurfaceand
disengagetheblade-controlswitch.
2.Movethemotion-controlleversoutwardtothe
PARKposition,shutofftheengine,removethe
key,andwaitforallmovingpartstostopbefore
leavingtheoperatingposition.
3.Settheheight-of-cutlevertothemiddleposition.
4.Carefullyrotatetheblade(s)sothattheyareall
sidetoside(Figure54).
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Figure54
1.Bladessidetoside
3.Outsidecuttingedges
2.Sailareaoftheblade4.measurefromthetipofthe
bladetotheatsurface
here.
5.Measurebetweentheoutsidecuttingedgesand
theatsurface(Figure54).
Note:Ifbothmeasurementsarenotwithin
5mm(3/16inch),anadjustmentisrequired;
continuewiththisprocedure.
6.Movetotheleftsideofthemachine.
7.Loosenthesidelockingnut.
8.Raiseorlowertheleftsideofthemowerdeck
byrotatingtherearlockingnut.(Figure55).
Note:Rotatetherearlockingnutclockwiseto
raisethemowerdeck;rotatetherearlockingnut
counter-clockwisetolowerthemowerdeck.
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Figure55
1.Hangerbracket3.Rearlockingnut
2.Sidelockingnut
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