Maintenance

Height Adjustment Table and notes in the Adjusting the Cutting Height section.

9.Install unused spacers between top of spindle and spindle nut.

10.Torque bolt to 75–80 ft-lb (102–109 N-m) (see Figure 12).

Wheel Drive Belt Pulley Scrapers

1.Stop engine and wait for all moving parts to stop. Engage parking brake. Remove key or spark plug wire(s).

2.Be sure mud and grass scraper, on each side, is adjusted properly and centered in the pulley grooves. The pointed part of the scraper should be centered and as deep in the pulley groove as possible without rubbing at any point.

 

 

 

Engine to Mower Deck Belt

 

 

 

1. Stop engine and wait for all moving parts to stop.

 

 

 

Engage parking brake. Remove key or spark plug

 

 

 

wire(s).

 

 

 

2. Check the adjustment of the lower blade drive

 

 

 

linkage located between the bellcrank on the

 

 

 

engine deck and assist arm on the mower deck.

 

 

 

Lengthen or shorten the linkage. When properly

 

 

 

adjusted, there should be 1/16 inch to 1/8 inch

 

Figure 12

 

(2–3 mm) of clearance between bell-crank and

 

 

transmission output shaft when belt is engaged.

1. Spring disc washer

2.

Blade bolt torque to

Make sure the assist arm is against the rear assist

(cone towards bolt head)

75–80 ft-lb (102–109

arm stop on the deck (see Figure 13). Push the

 

 

N-m)

lever down to the disengaged position. The assist

 

 

 

 

 

 

arm should contact the front assist arm stop on

Transmission Belt

the deck. If it does not contact, readjust so that

the bellcrank is closer to the transmission output

Adjustment

 

 

shaft.

 

 

3. Belt must be tight enough to not slip during heavy

1. Stop engine and wait for all moving parts to stop.

loads while cutting grass. Over-tensioning will

Engage parking brake. Remove key or spark plug

reduce belt and spindle bearing life. To adjust

wire(s).

 

 

belt tension, loosen the 5/16 inch whizlock nut

2. To tighten transmission belt, loosen the 3/8 inch

on turnbuckle and rotate the turnbuckle; rotate

nyloc nut on transmission belt idler pulley. Slide

turnbuckle toward rear of mower to tighten, and

bolt inward in slot and retighten nyloc nut.

toward front of mower to loosen belt tension (see

3. When properly adjusted, the belt should have 1/2

Figure 13). Leave a minimum of 5/16 inch (.79

cm) of the eyebolt threads engaged on both ends

inch (1.3 cm) of deflection with three pounds

of the turnbuckle.

of pressure on the belt midway between the

For 48” Decks: If there is no adjustment left in

transmission and engine pulley.

the turnbuckle and the belt is still loose, the rear idler pulley can be repositioned in the front hole (See Figure 12). The belt guide located next to the pulley must also be repositioned in the front hole when the pulley is moved. The turnbuckle will need to be readjusted.

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00 & Higher, 850 specifications

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