Side to Side

•Loosen the two jam nuts on the rear side of the deck stabilizer bracket. See Figure 8A.

•Locate the two lock nuts on the opposite side of the stabilizer bracket. See Figure 8A. Tighten the lock nuts to raise the front of the deck; loosen the lock nuts to lower the front of the deck.

•Retighten the two jam nuts loosened earlier when proper adjustment is achieved.

If the cutting deck appears to be mowing unevenly, a side to side adjustment can be performed. Adjust if necessary as follows:

WARNING: Turn the tractor’s engine off, remove the key from the ignition switch and apply the tractor’s parking brake before making any adjustments to the cutting deck.

•With the tractor parked on a firm, level surface, place the lift lever in the top notch (highest position) and rotate the blades so that they are perpendicular with the tractor.

•Measure the distance from the outside of the left blade tip to the ground and the distance from the outside of the right blade tip to the ground. Both measurements taken should be equal. If they’re not, proceed to the next step.

•Loosen, but do NOT remove, the hex cap screw on the left deck hanger bracket. See Figure 8B.

•Balance the deck so that both blade tip measurements taken earlier are equal.

•Retighten the hex cap screw on the left deck hanger bracket when proper adjustment is achieved.

Deck

Stabilizer

Bracket

Deck

Front to Rear

Lock Nuts

Jam Nuts

Hex Cap Screw

Deck Hanger Bracket

Side to Side

NOTE: 46-inch deck shown.

Figure 8

DECK ROLLER HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT (Units with 50-inch Decks)

To adjust the height of the rollers on the rear of the mowing deck, proceed as follows:

•Place the lift lever in the bottom notch (lowest position).

•Remove the clevis pins and hairpin clips from the deck roller brackets on the left and right sides of the cutting deck. See Figure 10.

•Position the deck roller brackets up or down through the slots on the rear of the deck until desired position is reached, then re-attach

with the clevis pins and hairpin clips just removed. See Figure 10.

Deck Roller

Bracket

Hairpin

Clip

Clevis pin

Figure 9