If customer service or repair parts are required contact a dealer. A dealer has trained personnel, repair
parts and equipment needed to service the machine.
The parts on your machine have been specially designed and should only be replaced with genuine
parts.
Serial Number Plate
For prompt service always use the serial number and model number when ordering parts from your
dealer. Be sure to include your serial and model numbers in correspondence also.
Section 1: Assembly and Set-up
Tractor Requirements
This mower is designed with a 3-Point category I hitch. Tractor horse power rating should not exceed
80 PTO horse power.
Assembly
Refer to the parts illustration.
Tractor Hook-Up
1. Be certain that tractor draw bar will not interfere. Move draw bar ahead or remove if required. Draw
bar should also be checked for clearance when unit is being raised for the first time.
2. Align lower link arms of tractor to hitch clevises on mower. Insert lower hitch pins into lower ball
swivels and attach linch pins.
3. Attach tractor top link to upper floating hitch on mower with pin supplied. Secure with lock pin.
4. Adjust tractor top link in or out to place upper hitch pin vertically above or slightly behind lower
hitch pins to allow mower flotation. The mower should be run with the back 15 degrees lower than
the front.
Driveline Installation
1. Slide driveline end with extended safety cone over splined shaft of gearbox and secure with
attaching device.
2. Slide driveline over tractor’s splined PTO shaft and secure with locking device of driveline.
3. Driveline should now be moved back and forth to insure that it is secure on the PTO shaft of the
tractor and mower gearbox.
4. Attach chain from the driveline shield to one of the upper hitch braces to ensure that the shield
does not rotate.
5. Should driveline require shortening:
a. Hold the half-shafts next to each other in the shortest working position and
mark them.
b. Shorten inner and outer guard tubes equally.
c. Shorten inner and outer sliding profiles by the same length as the guard tubes.
d. Proper overlap is a minimum of one-half the length of each tube, with both tubes being of equal
length.
e. Round off all sharp edges and remove burrs. Grease sliding profiles.
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