Scag Power Equipment RS-ZT manual Wheel TIE ROD Adjustment

12 7/8"

WHEEL TIE ROD ADJUSTMENT

SC502G

13.Bolt one end of the other wheel tie rod below the lever on the right wheel spindle. Place a 1/2" ball joint spacer between the ball joint and wheel spindle lever. Secure using a 1/2-13 x 2" bolt and a 1/2-13 elastic stop nut. (See figure 2)

Figure 1

10.On the (2) two wheel tie rods, adjust the ball joints on the tie rods so that you will get

12- 7/8” distance between the center of the holes on the ball joints. (See figure1)

11.Tighten the (4) four jam nuts on the ball joints against the tie rod ends to prevent turning of the ball joints on the tie rods.

12.Bolt one end of a wheel tie rod above the lever on the left wheel spindle. Place a 1/2" ball joint spacer between the ball joint and wheel spindle lever. Secure using a 1/2-13 x 2" bolt and a 1/2-13 elastic stop nut.

(See figure 2)

14.Place the other end of the tie rod coming from the left wheel above the larger lever of the steering bellcrank located in the center of the sulky frame. Place the other end of the tie rod coming from the right wheel below the larger lever of the steering bellcrank. Place (2) two 1/2" ball joint spacers between the (2) two ball joints and the steering bellcrank lever. Secure using a 1/2-13 x 3 1/4" bolt and a 1/2-13 elastic stop nut. (See figure 2)

15.Screw the remaining LH and RH threaded 1/2-20 jam nuts onto the remaining two ball joints.

WHEEL TIE ROD	CENTER	RIGHT WHEEL
	STEERING LEVER	SPINDLE LEVER
1/2" SPACER	1/2" SPACER

LEFT WHEEL	WHEEL TIE ROD
SPINDLE LEVER		SC503G

Figure 2

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