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Maintenance
5
Cutting Rotary Brake
• Never place any part of body under cutting blade shield when cutting blade is
rotating.
• Do not allow bystanders to come near machine when inspecting cutting rotary
brake.
• Always ride on machine when inspecting.
• Never attempt to check the performance of cutting rotary blake with cutting
blade shield open. Stones or rocks can be thrown and cause damage to
surrounding properties or persons.
• Inspect cutting brotary brake whenever the performance of it seems
inadequate.
Inspecting
1. Start engine.
2. Turn throttle lever to [HI (fast)] to raise engine speed.
3. Move cutting height adjust lever to [5] position on CM141 or [80] on CM142.
4. Turn cutting rotary clutch lever to [ON] to rotate cutting blade.
5. Move cutting rotary clutch lever to [OFF] to observe if cutting blade stops within 5
seconds. If it takes more than 5 sconds to stop, adjust cutting rotary brake.
6. Move cutting height adjust lever to [Transport].
7. Turn throttle lever to [Low (slow)] to reduce engine speed.
8. Park machine and stop engine.