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Assembly
5. Separate the male and female halves of the drive shaft. Apply heavy grease to the telescoping portion
of the male drive shaft; recouple the drive shaft.
6. Remove both bolts from the clutch hub. Slide the hub onto the input shaft of the gearbox. Be certain
that the lock pin snaps into the groove on the input shaft of the gearbox.
Remove both lock bolts
from the clutch hub assembly. Slide the hub onto the input shaft of the gearbox. Align the groove
on the input shaft with the bolt holes on the hub. Reinstall the lock bolts and tighten securely.
Re-
torque lock bolts on all models every hour for the first eight hours of use. Failure to do so will
result in decreased life of the clutch hub and gearbox shaft splines.
7. Slide aluminum bell shield and bell shield clamp over drive shaft and attach bell shield to
mounting plate with the clamp. Adjust clamp as needed to assure proper attachment.
Warning!
The driveline shield and bell shield must be kept in good operating condition.
Failure to maintain safety shields can result in injury or death.
8. Check the drive shaft for proper length:
a. Hitch the mower to the tractor.
b. Lift the mower to the tractor’s maximum lift position.
c. Measure the distance from the PTO of the tractor to the input shaft of the mower’s gear
box.
d. With the drive shaft compressed (pushed together fully), measure the overall length of the
shaft.
e. If the length of the compressed drive shaft is greater than the length between the PTO and
input shaft, then the drive shaft must be shortened to the latter length.
Please note
that equal amounts must be removed from each section of the drive shaft.
