Manual

Operation
thebladehasnotproperlystopped,resulting
inanunsafeoperatingcondition.Contactan
AuthorizedServiceDealer.
DANGER
Ifthebladebrakeclutchsystemisinoperative,
thebladewillcontinuetorotatewhenyou
releasethebladecontrolbail.Contactwith
thebladecouldoccur,causingseriousinjury.
•ChecktheBBCoperationbeforeeachuse.
•NeverusetheBBC-equippedlawnmower
withaninoperativesafetysystem.
•TakeyourlawnmowertoanAuthorized
ServiceDealerforrepairifthesafety
systemfailstooperateproperly.
TestUsingtheGrassBag
1.Installtheemptygrassbagonthedischarge
tunnel.
2.Starttheengine.
3.ForunitswithaBladeBrakeClutch:Pushthe
bladecontrollockleverforwardtoreleasethe
bladecontrolbail(
Figure4).
4.Squeezethebladecontrolbailagainstthehandle.
5.Thebagshouldbegintoinate,indicatingthat
thebladeisengagedandrotating.
6.Releasethebladecontrolbail.Ifthebagdoesnot
immediatelydeate,itindicatesthatthebladeis
stillrotating.Thebladebrakeclutchmechanism
maybedeteriorating,and,ifignoredcouldresult
inanunsafeoperatingcondition.Havethelawn
mowerinspectedandservicedbyanAuthorized
ServiceDealer.
AdjustingtheCuttingHeight
Therearwheelsareadjustedtogetherwithaheight
adjustmentrodlocatedonthemowerhousingby
theleftrearwheel.Thefrontwheelsareadjusted
separatelybyremovingthefrontwheelshaft
assemblies,adjustingtheheight,andthenreplacing
theshaftassemblies.Thecuttingheightcanbe
adjustedfrom1inch(25mm)to41/2inches(114
mm)in1/2inch(12.7mm)increments.
WARNING
Adjustingthecuttingheightleverscouldbring
yourhandsintocontactwithamovingblade.A
movingbladecancauseseriousinjury.
•Stoptheengineandwaitforallmovementto
stopbeforeadjustingthecuttingheight.
•DoNotputyourngersunderthehousing
whenadjustingthecuttingheight.
•RearWheelAdjustment:
1.Pullthewheelheightadjustmentrodupward
toreleasethepinfromthenotchinthe
adjustmentbracket(
Figure15).
Figure15
1.Pullupward4.Pin
2.Wheelheightadjustment
rod
5.Rotatetodesiredsetting
3.Adjustmentbracket6.Indicator
2.Applydownwardpressureorliftthehousing
torotatetheheightadjustmentbracket.Use
theindicatortodeterminethedesiredsetting.
3.Releasethewheelheightadjustmentrodtoset
thepinsecurelyinthedesirednotch.
•FrontWheelAdjustment
1.Pullupontheheightadjusterandpullthe
frontwheelshaftassemblyoutwardasshown
inFigure16.
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