IMPORTANT: To help avoid misalignment of holes in tractor frame, lower the mower deck to the ground or disconnect it from the front brackets before removing any bolts from the tractor frame.
Front mower suspension brackets for both GT and LT tractors are shown in figure 2. Use a bumper mounting bracket to help identify the correct mounting holes.
•Lower the mower deck to the ground.
•Remove bolts on both sides of the tractor from two holes shown in figure 2.
(GT) FRAME | (LT) FRAME |
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REMOVE BOLTS
FROM THESE HOLES
FIGURE 2
Assemble the L.H. mounting bracket to the front left side of the tractor frame. Fasten to the rear
hole using a 3/8" x 1" hex bolt, a 3/8" lock washer and a 3/8" flat washer. Align the middle hole in the mounting bracket with the hole in the tractor frame. Tighten the bolt enough to hold the bracket in place. Repeat for the R.H. mounting bracket. See figure 3.
FLAT
WASHER 3/8" x 1"
HEX BOLT
L.H. MOUNTING
BRACKETLOCK
WASHER
/
ALIGN THESE HOLES
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Insert a pivot bushing into the rear hole in the bumper. Align the rear hole in the bumper with the middle hole in the L.H. mounting bracket and assemble a 3/8" x
NOTE: Use the 3/8" x
place of the hex bolt if there was no bolt in the front hole in the tractor frame and the hole is too
small.
Insert a 3/8" x 1" clevis pin into the front hole in the bumper and the front hole in the mounting brackets. Secure the clevis pins with 3/32" hair cotter pins. See figure 4.
IMPORTANT: Before raising the tractor's hood, you must first remove the clevis pins and lower the bumper down against the bumper stops on the L.H. and R.H. mounting brackets.
3/8" FLAT WASHER
PIVOT SPACERF_
WASHER
!
3132"HAIR | 3/8"x 1" |
COTTER PIN | CLEVIS PIN |
FIGURE 5 |
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FIGURE 3
