Cub Cadet 23HP Z-Force 50 service manual Adjust as necessary to 8-10 psi

3.	Check the right and left rear Drive tire pressure.
	Adjust as necessary to 8-10 psi.
4.	Measure blade-to-ground height at the front tip
	of the right blade. To obtain an accurate mea-
	sure, align blades in parallel with mower center-
	line, (i.e. front to back).
5.	Measure blade-to-ground height at the front tip
	of the left blade. Be sure to measure at the
	blade tip with the blades arranged in proper
	position.
6.	To level the deck, (side to side) adjust the
	threaded link at the left side of the deck (Point B)
	so that the blade-to-ground height at the right
	front blade tip matches that of the left front blade
	tip. This is done by loosening the jam nuts on
	the threaded link and tightening the lower nut to
	raise the deck and loosening the nut to lower the

Point B

Front

of Unit

Left Side Point C

Right

Side

Jam Nuts

Point C

Jam Nut

	deck.
7.	Measure the blade-to-ground height at the right
	rear blade tip. Again be sure to measure at the
	blade tip at the rear of the right blade when
	aligned along the mower centerline. The blade-
	to-ground height at the rear of the blade tip
	should be 1/8" to 1/4” higher than the front tip.
	This is referred to as blade pitch. The same
	height difference should be true for the left
	blade, measured front and back.
8.	To adjust the blade pitch, the deck pitch must be
	adjusted. Loosen the inner jam nuts at the rear
	of the horizontal threaded links. Start at Point C
	to raise the rear of the deck, tighten the front
	outer jam nut to raise the front of the deck.
	Adjust the rear jam nut at Point C to take the
	slack out of the threaded link.
9.	The final adjustment would be to take the “slack”
	out of the front linkage (Point C) by adjusting the
	jam nuts on the threaded link. Loosen the jam
	nuts and tighten the inner nut to remove “slack”.
10.	In many cases it will be necessary to adjust
	deck height using both eyebolt adjustments and
	pitch adjustment to achieve the correct blade-to-
	ground heights. If you remember that the front
	right blade tip adjustment is fixed and you level
	to that height, adjusting the decks will be simpli-
	fied.

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