Operation Manual

MowerDeck
Maintenance
ServicingtheBlades
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
Note:Determinetheleftandrightsidesofthemachine
fromthenormaloperatingposition.
Toensureasuperiorqualityofcut,keepthebladessharp.For
convenientsharpeningandreplacement,keepextrablades.
DANGER
Wornordamagedbladescanbreakandapiece
ofthebladecouldbethrownintotheoperator’s
orbystander’sarea,resultinginseriouspersonal
injuryordeath.
•Inspectthebladesperiodicallyforwearor
damage.
•Replacewornordamagedblades.
InspectingtheBlades
1.Removethemower;refertoRemovingtheMower.
2.Inspectthecuttingedges(Figure41).Iftheedgesare
notsharporhavenicks,removethebladesandsharpen
them;refertoSharpeningtheBlades.
Figure41
1.Bladedriver
5.Spacer
2.Shearpin(2)
6.Washer
3.Blade7.Bolt
4.Bentedge
3.Inspecttheblades,especiallythebentedges(Figure
41).Ifyounoticeanywearordamageinthisarea,
immediatelyinstallnewblades.
4.Iftheshearpinsarebroken,replacethemimmediately
(Figure41).
Important:Iftheshearpinsarebroken,themowerbelt
maybedamaged.Inspectthebelt;refertoAdjusting
theBladeDriveBelt.
RemovingtheBlades
1.Removethemower;refertoRemovingtheMower.
2.Carefullytipthemowerover.
3.Removethebolts,washers,andblades(Figure41).
Wedgeablockofwoodbetweeneachbladeandthe
mowertolockthebladewhenyouareremovingeach
bolt.
Note:Therightbladehasaleft-handthreadedbolt.
4.Inspectallparts;replaceanythatarewornordamaged.
SharpeningtheBlades
1.Usealetosharpenthecuttingedgeatbothendsof
eachblade(Figure42).
Note:Maintaintheoriginalangle.Thebladeretains
itsbalanceifyouremovethesameamountofmaterial
frombothcuttingedges.
Figure42
1.Sharpenatoriginalangle
2.Checkthebalanceofeachbladebyputtingitona
bladebalancer(Figure43).
Note:Ifthebladestaysinahorizontalposition,the
bladeisbalancedandcanbeused.Ifthebladeisnot
balanced,lesomemetaloffthebacksideoftheblade.
Repeatthisstepuntileachbladeisbalanced.
Figure43
1.Blade2.Balancer
InstallingtheBlades
1.Installtheblades,washers,andbladebolts(Figure41).
Important:Ensurethattherightandleftblades
areinstalledintheproperpositionswiththebent
edgesofthebladespointingtowardthetopofthe
mowertoensurepropercutting.
2.Positiontheblades90degreestoeachother(Figure
44).
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