Blade Bolt Installation

b)Raise deck to the highest position. Lift the front of unit and support unit using jack stands or equivalent support.

CAUTION

POTENTIAL HAZARD

♦Raising the mower deck for service or maintenance relying solely on mechanical or hydraulic jacks could be dangerous.

WHAT CAN HAPPEN

♦The mechanical or hydraulic jacks may not be enough support or may malfunction allowing the unit to fall, which could cause injury.

HOW TO AVOID THE HAZARD

♦DO NOT rely solely on mechanical or hydraulic jacks for support. Use adequate jack stands or equivalent support.

c)Clean out any grass build-up from underside of deck and in discharge chute.

5.1.4Check mower blades.

Service Interval: Daily

a)Stop engine, wait for all moving parts to stop, and remove key.

b)Lift deck and secure in raised position as stated in Section 5.1.3.

c)Inspect blades and sharpen or replace as required.

d)Re-install the blades (if they were removed) in the following order (See Figure 11):

1)Install bushing through blade with bushing flange on bottom (grass) side of blade.

2)Install bushing/blade combo into spindle.

3)Install blade bolt and spring disc washer. Be sure the spring disc washer cone is installed towards the bolt head. Place a block of wood between front or rear baffles and the blade then torque the blade bolts to 55-60 ft- lbs. (75-81 N-m).

FIGURE 11

IMPORTANT: DO NOT use components other than the original blade, blade bushing, spring disc washer, and blade bolt supplied with the unit. Failure to use all original components and assembled as shown will increase the risk of a blade bolt becoming loose or weak after striking a foreign object.

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