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.
a)This adjustment must be made with the drive wheels turning. First raise the frame and block up so that drive wheels can rotate freely.
b)Remove the electrical connection from the seat safety switch, located directly to the left of the seat switch assembly beside the hydraulic oil reservoir.
Temporarily install a jumper wire across the terminals in the connector of the wiring harness.
c)Run the unit at least 5 minutes with the drive levers at full forward speed to bring hydraulic system oil up to operating temperature.
d)Unhook seat latch and tilt seat forward.
e)Loosen lock nuts from the ball joints at each end of the RH pump control linkage (See Figure 9).
NOTE: The nuts to the rear of the unit on each rod have
REVERSE
TURN BOLT INDICATOR
HERE 
END OF
SLOT
LOOSEN
HERE
YOKE
| TURN HERE | LOOSEN HERE |
LOOSEN HERE | TO ADJUST | (RIGHTHAND THREAD) |
(LEFTHAND THREAD) |
|
|
FIGURE 9
f)Start engine. Brake must be engaged and motion control levers out to start engine. Operator does not have to be in the seat because of the jumper wire being used. Run engine at full throttle and release brake.
g)The reverse indicator spring must be correct before the following adjustments can be made. See Section 4.2.8.
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