6
WOODS
ASSEMBLY AND SETUP
TOOLS REQUIRED FOR ASSEMBLY
- Wrecking bar
- Claw hammer
- Ratchets: 3/8”,e
- Sockets: 9/16”, 3/4"
- Wrenches: 3/8", 9/16", 3/4"
- Straight edge
- Tire pressure gauge
- Blocks (for deck leveling)
NOTE: All references below to the “right” or “left” are with respect to an operator at the controls.
1. UNCRATE UNIT
Discard packing materials. Remove and discard shipping brackets. Tighten caster wheel axle bolts
against caster axle spanner bushings.
2. Set rear tire pressures to 12 lbs/in2 (1.0 kg/cm2). Tires are overinated for shipping. Front tires are run at
tires
3. DECK LEVELING
a) Park the machine on a smooth, level surface.
Raise the deck to the transport position.
b) Lower the deck onto a pair of equal height blocks
A under the rear corners of the deck. Place an-
other pair of adjustableblocks B under the front of
the deck so that the deck top is pitched forward
1/8”.
NOTE: The front and rear of the deck are at different
heights.
c) Measure the height of the blade cutting edge
above the ground. Remove pin C and set the
height of cut lever D to that height.
d) Loosen nuts I at all four corners of the deck.
NOTE: This will relieve tension on chains H.
e) Loosen the jam nuts E on the height of cut clips
F and adjusting screws G. Turn the adjusting
screws G until the play is taken out of the chains
H at all four corners. Tighten the jam nuts E
against the clips F and at the adjusting screws G.
Retighten nuts I at this time.