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6. Set the height-of-cut lever to the 3 inch
(76 mm) position. Place two 2 1/2”
(6.35 cm) thick blocks under the rear edge
of the cutting deck skirt; one on each side
of the cutting deck. Place two 2 5/16”
(5.89 cm) blocks under each side of the
front edge of the deck, but not under the
anti-scalp roller brackets.
7. Loosen the leveling adjust locking nuts
(item 3) on all four corners so that the
deck is sitting securely on all four blocks.
Make sure that the deck hangers are all
the way down (at the top of the slot) and
the deck lift foot lever is pushed back
against the stop, then tighten the four
leveling adjust locking nuts (
Figure 44
).
8. Carefully rotate the blades so they are
facing front to rear (
Figure 43
).
9. Measure from the tip of the front blade to
the flat surface and the tip of the rear
blade to the flat surface (
Figure 43
). If the
front blade tip is not 1/16-5/16 inch
(1.6-7.9 mm) lower than the rear blade tip,
adjust the front deck hanger.
Figure 43
1. Blades front to rear
3. Measure here
2. Outside cutting edges
Figure 44
1. Deck lift arm
3. Leveling adjust locking nut
2. Float retaining nut
4. Deck hanger
10. When the front-to-rear blade slope is
correct check the side-to-side level of the
mower again; refer to Leveling the Mower
from Side-to-Side.
Removing the Mower Deck
1. Park the machine on a level surface and
disengage the blade control switch.
2. Move the motion control levers outward to
the neutral position, engage parking brake,
stop the engine, remove the key, and wait
for all moving parts to stop before leaving
the operating position.
3. Place blocks under deck for support.
Lower the height-of-cut lever to the lowest
position.
4. Remove the hardware from the deck
hanger and deck lift arm on both sides of
the deck (
Figure 45
).
Figure 45
1. Deck lift arm
2. Deck hanger
