Toro ProLine 44410TE - Mower Deck Maintenance; Blade Safety and Inspection; Servicing Cutting Blades

6.Slowlymovethemotion-controlleversbetween
thefullforwardandfullreversepositions5times.
7.Shutofftheengineandmovethebypasslevers
forwardthroughthekeyholeanddowntolock
theminplace(Figure67).
8.Starttheengine.
9.Slowlymovethemotion-controlleversbetween
thefullforwardandfullreversepositions5times.
10.Shutofftheengineandcheckthehydraulicuid
levelasitdrops,andadduidasrequiredto
maintaintheproperlevel.
11.Repeattheprocedureuntilairiscompletely
purgedfromthesystem.
Note:Airispurgedfromthesystemwhen
thetransaxleoperatesatnormalnoiselevels
andmovessmoothlyforwardandinreverseat
normalspeeds.
12.Checkthehydraulicuidlevelintheexpansion
reservoiranaltime,andadduidasrequired.
MowerDeck
Maintenance
BladeSafety
Awornordamagedbladecanbreakandapiece
couldbethrowntowardyouorbystanders,resulting
inseriouspersonalinjuryordeath.
•Inspectthebladesperiodicallyforexcessivewear
ordamage.
•Usecarewhencheckingtheblades.Weargloves
andusecautionwhenservicingthem.Only
replacetheblades;neverstraightenorweldthem.
•Onmulti-bladedmachines,takecareasrotating1
bladecancauseotherbladestorotate.
ServicingtheCutting
Blades
BeforeInspectingorServicingthe
Blades
1.Parkthemachineonalevelsurface,disengage
thePTO,andengagetheparkingbrake.
2.Shutofftheengine,removethekey,and
disconnectthespark-plugwiresfromthespark
plugs.
InspectingtheBlades
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
1.Inspectthecuttingedges(Figure68).
2.Iftheedgesarenotsharporhavenicks,remove
andsharpentheblade;refertoSharpeningthe
Blades(page47).
3.Inspecttheblades,especiallyinthecurvedarea.
4.Ifyounoticeanycracks,wear,oraslotforming
inthisarea,immediatelyinstallanewblade
(Figure68).
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