
| Regular Maintenance | 
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| Neutral Adjustment | 
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| If the tractor “creeps” while the ground speed control | B | |
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| levers are locked in NEUTRAL, then it may be | 
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| necessary to adjust the linkage rod. | 
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| NOTE: Perform this adjustment on a hard, level | 
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| surface such as a concrete floor. | 
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| 1. Disengage the PTO, engage the parking brake | A | |
| and turn off the engine. | ||
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| 2. There are two nuts (B, Figure 29) on the linkage | 
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| rod. Loosen the nuts from the ball joints and | Figure 29. Neutral Return Adjustment | |
| turn the linkage rod (A) to adjust. If the machine | ||
| A. Adjustment Linkage Rod | ||
| creeps forward, turn the rod CLOCKWISE (while | ||
| B. 5/16” Nut | ||
| standing at the rear of the machine, facing | ||
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| forward), if the machine creeps backward, turn the | 
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| rod COUNTERCLOCKWISE. | 
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| 3. Lock the nuts (B) against the ball joints when | 
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| neutral is achieved. | 
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| NOTE: This adjustment should not be performed | 
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| while the machine is running. It may take several | 
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| attempts to achieved neutral, depending upon how | for | |
| much the machine creeps. | 
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