Yard-Man 109T manual Cutting Height Adjustment, Handle Height Adjustment, Making Adjustments

SECTION 7: MAKING ADJUSTMENTS

WARNING: Be sure to disconnect the spark plug wire and DE-ENERGIZE starter before performing any adjustments or repairs. DO NOT attempt any maintenance or service to the engine and/or mower equipped with the safety key in the unlocked and/or energized mode.

WARNING: NEVER assume starter is de- energized, even if the key is in the locked position and/or removed from the engine. ALWAYS de-energize self starter prior to performing any maintenance or service to the engine and/or mower. Follow instructions on the engine and/or machine to de-energize starter.

Cutting Height Adjustment

There is an adjusting plate and thumb lever at each wheel position to adjust the cutting height. Each adjusting plate has nine height positions. Height of cut will change if you move the thumb lever from one hole to another.

Simply depress the lever towards wheel and move the wheel and lever assembly to the desired position. All wheels must be placed in the same relative position for uniform cutting height. See Figure 8.

Adjustment

Lever

Figure 8

For rough or uneven lawns, move the height adjustment handles to positions which will give a higher cutting height. Both front and rear handles must be placed in the same relative position.

Handle Height Adjustment

Notch

Lower Handle

Figure 9

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 cable.

•Remove the hairpin clips from the weld pins on the handle brackets. Press inward 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 9. Reassemble, placing the bottom holes in the handle over the weld pins in the handle mounting bracket.

•Reassemble the upper handle.

•Place the hairpin clips in the inner holes in the weld pins and attach the starter rope as instructed in the Set-Up Instructions.

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