Maintenance

Replacing the Discharge Deflector

DANGER

An uncovered discharge opening could allow the lawn mower to throw objects in the operator’s or bystander’s direction and result in serious injury. Also, contact with the blade could occur.

Never operate the lawn mower unless you install a mulch plate, discharge deflector, or grass collection system.

1. Locate items shown in Figure 46.

through the front discharge deflector bracket, discharge deflector, and rear deflector bracket.

5.Make sure that the spring and rod are installed so that the rod is retained from sliding out by the front bracket and the spring holds the discharge deflector in the down position. Refer to (Figure 46) for proper orientation.

Important: The discharge deflector must be spring loaded in the down position. Lift the deflector up to test that it snaps to the full down position.

Figure 46

1.

Rod

4.

Mower deck

2.

Spring

5.

Discharge deflector

 

 

 

bracket

3.

Discharge deflector

6.

Assembled view

2.Slide the rod out of the short stand-off, spring, and discharge deflector. Remove the damaged or worn discharge deflector.

3.Install new discharge deflector.

4.Orient the spring so that the short leg points towards the discharge deflector and the longer leg points towards the deck as shown in Figure 46. Place spring on rod and slide rod, straight end,

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