GreasingtheMower
ServiceInterval:Yearly—Greasethepump-beltidler
arm.
Yearly—Greasethefrontcasterpivots(more
oftenindirtyordustyconditions).
Yearly—Repackthefrontcaster-wheelbearings
(moreoftenindirtyordustyconditions).
1.Disengagetheblade-controlswitch(PTO),move
themotion-controlleverstotheNEUTRAL-LOCK
position,andengagetheparkingbrake.
2.Shutofftheengine,removethekey,andwait
forallmovingpartstostopbeforeleavingthe
operatingposition.
3.Loosenthebottomboltholdingthemower-deck
curtaintothemowerdeck.RefertoReleasing
theMower-DeckCurtain(page38).
4.Removethesheet-metalguard.Referto
RemovingtheSheet-MetalGuard(page39).
5.Greasethemowerdeckidler-pulleypivotuntil
greasecomesoutthebottom(Figure48).
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Figure48
6.Greasethedrive-beltidlerarm(Figure48).
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Figure49
7.Removethedustcapandadjustthecaster
pivots.
Note:Keepthedustcapoffuntilgreasingis
done.
8.Removethehexplug.
9.Threadagreasettingintothehole.
10.Pumpgreaseintothettinguntilitoozesout
aroundthetopbearing.
11.Removethegreasettinginthehole.
12.Installthehexpluganddustcap(Figure50).
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Figure50
13.Greasethecaster-wheelbearings(Figure50).
14.Installthesheet-metalguard.RefertoRemoving
theSheet-MetalGuard(page39).
15.Tightentheboltforthemower-deckcurtain.
RefertoReleasingtheMower-DeckCurtain
(page38).
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