Toro TimeCutter ZX480 - Front-to-Rear Slope Adjustment; Removing the Mower

9. Set the height-of-cut at 3 inc h (76 mm) and
carefully rotate the blades so they are facing
front to rear ( Figure 44 ).
10. Measure from the tip of the front blade to the
flat surface and the tip of the rear blade to the
flat surface ( Figure 44 ). If the front blade tip
is not 1/16-5/16 inc h (1.6-7.9 mm) lo w er than
the rear blade tip , adjust the front loc kn uts .
Figure 44
1. Blades front to rear 3. Measure here
2. Outside cutting edges
11. T o adjust the front-to-rear blade slope , remo v e
the hair pin cotter from the front tr union y ok es
and loosen the jam n uts ( Figure 45 ).
Figure 45
1. Front trunion rod yoke
3. Jam nut
2. Hairpin cotter
12. R otate the y ok es on the rods to c hang e the
adjustment ( Figure 45 ). T o raise the front
of the mo w er , tighten the y ok es (shor ten the
rods). T o lo w er the front of the mo w er , loosen
the y ok es (lengthen the rods).
13. After adjusting both adjustment n uts ev enly ,
c hec k the front-to-rear slope ag ain. Contin ue
adjusting the n uts until the front blade tip is
1/16-5/16 inc h (1.6-7.9 mm) lo w er than the
rear blade tip ( Figure 44 ).
14. W hen the front-to-rear blade slope is cor rect,
tighten the loc k n uts and c hec k the side-to-side
lev el of the mo w er; refer to Lev eling the
Mo w er from Side-to-Side .
15. R ec hec k the side-to-side lev el of the mo w er;
refer to Lev eling the Mo w er from Side-to-Side .
16. Chec k the height of the anti-scalp rollers; refer
to Adjusting the Anti-Scalp R ollers .
Removing the Mower
1. P ark the mac hine on a lev el surface and
diseng ag e the blade control (PTO).
2. Mo v e the motion control lev ers to the brak e
position, stop the engine , remo v e the k ey , and
w ait for all mo ving par ts to stop before lea ving
the operating position.
3. Lo w er the height-of-cut lev er to the lo w est
position.
4. R emo v e the hair pin cotter and clevis pin from
the front tr union y ok es ( Figure 46 ).
Figure 46
1. Hairpin cotter and clevis
pin
2. Front trunion
5. R emo v e the hair pin cotter and clevis pin from
the rear tr union rod ( Figure 47 ) on eac h side
of the mo w er .
6. R emo v e the hair pin cotter and w asher at
the mo w er lev eling brac k ets ( Figure 47 ) on
eac h side of the mo w er . Note whic h hole
the lev eling brac k et is mounted in for future
installation. Slide the brac k ets off of the
mounting pin.
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