NOTE: An unbalanced blade will cause excessive vibration when rotating at high speeds, may cause damage to the mower and could break, causing personal injury.
•Test the blade by balancing it on a round shaft screwdriver or a blade balancer. See Figure 11B.
•If the blade is not balanced, remove metal from the heavy side until it balances evenly.
Adjusting Handle Height
Your mower is shipped with the handle in the higher height position. To lower the handle height, proceed as follows.
•Remove the starter rope from the rope guide.
•Remove the upper handle by removing the hand knobs and carriage bolts. Lay the upper handle out of the way, being careful not to bend or kink the cables.
•Remove the hairpin clips from the weld pins on the handle brackets. Refer to Figure 4 inset. Press out on the legs of the lower handle. Remove lower handle from the mower.
•Turn the lower handle around so the notch on the bottom of the lower handle is facing forward as shown in Figure 12. Reassemble, placing the bottom holes in the handle over the weld pins in the handle mounting bracket.
Notch
Lower
Handle
FIGURE 12
•Reassemble the upper handle to the lower handle.
•Place the hairpin clips in the inner holes in the weld pins and attach the starter rope as instructed in the Assembly section.
Adjusting Cutting Height
IMPORTANT: All wheels must be placed in the same relative position. For rough or uneven lawns, move the height adjustment lever to a higher position. This will help stop scalping of the grass.
Rear Wheel Adjustment
The rear wheel cutting height adjustment rod is located between the two rear
•Squeeze the two adjustment rods together and pull towards the operator.
•Move rods upward or downward to any one of the six positions and reinsert. See Figure 13A.
•Make sure that the rear rod sits in the groove of the new height position.
A | Rear Rod | B |
| Spring Washer | |
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Adjustment |
| Axle Bolt |
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Rod |
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| Wing |
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| Nut |
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| Trail |
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| Shield |
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| FIGURE 13 |
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