Toro Recycler 20333C - Replacing the Blade; Cleaning the Blade-Brake-Clutch Shield

Important:Iftheoillevelinthecrankcaseistoo
lowortoohighandyouruntheengine,youmay
damagetheengine.
11.Installthedipsticksecurely.
12.Recycletheusedoilproperly.
ReplacingtheBlade
ServiceInterval:Yearly
Important: Y ou will need a torque wr ench to install the
blade pr oper l y .Ifyoudonothaveatorquewrenchor
areuncomfortableperformingthisprocedure,contact
anAuthorizedServiceDealer.
Examinethebladewheneveryourunoutofgasoline.Ifthe
bladeisdamagedorcracked,replaceitimmediately.Ifthe
bladeedgeisdullornicked,haveitsharpenedandbalanced,
orreplaceit.
WARNING
Thebladeissharp;contactingthebladecanresult
inseriouspersonalinjury.
Weargloveswhenservicingtheblade.
1.Disconnectthespark-plugwirefromthesparkplug.
RefertoPreparingforMaintenance(page14).
2.Tipthemachineontoitssidewiththedipstickdown.
3.Removethe2bladenutsandthestiffener(Figure27).
Figure27
1.Bladenuts
2.Stiffener
4.Removetheblade(Figure27).
5.Installthenewblade(Figure27).
6.Installthestiffenerthatyoupreviouslyremoved.
7.Installthebladenutsandtorquethemto15to27ft-lb
(20to37N-m).
Cleaningthe
Blade-brake-clutchShield
ServiceInterval:Every25hours
Cleantheblade-brake-clutchshieldyearlytopreventtheblade
fromstallingwhileyoumow.
1.Disconnectthespark-plugwirefromthesparkplug.
RefertoPreparingforMaintenance(page14).
2.Tipthemachineontoitssidewiththedipstickdown.
3.Removethe2bladenutsandthestiffener(
Figure28).
Figure28
1.Bladenuts4.Bladedriver
2.Stiffener
5.Disk
3.Blade6.Blade-brake-clutchshield
4.Removetheblade(Figure28).
5.Removethebladedriveranddisk(Figure28).
6.Removethebladebrake-clutchshield(
Figure28).
7.Brushorblowoutdebrisfromtheinsideoftheshield
andaroundalltheparts.
8.Installtheblade-brake-clutchshieldthatyoupreviously
removed.
9.Installthebladedriveranddiskthatyoupreviously
removed.
10.Installthebladeandthestiffenerthatyoupreviously
removed(Figure28).
11.Installthebladenutsandtorquethemto15to27ft-lb
(20to37N-m).
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