6. Pull the spring eye to loosen the spring for the drive
belt tension.
7. Put the spring eye in the holder on the tension arm
for the drive belt.
8. Remove the drive belt and put it in the belt holder.
9. Put a wooden block between the equipment frame
and the chassis. This makes sure that the cutting
deck does not spring back when removed.
WARNING: Be careful. Risk of injury if your
hand is caught between the equipment
frame and the chassis.
10. Remove the 2 screws on the equipment frame.
11. Hold the front edge of the cutting deck with two
hands and pull it out.
12. Remove the wooden block.
13. Attach the cutting deck in opposite sequence.
3.7 To do a check of the parallelism of the
cutting deck
1. Make sure that the air pressure in the tires is 60 kPa
(0.6 bar / 9.0 PSI).
2. Park the product on a level surface.
3. Lower the cutting deck to mow position.
4. Set the cutting height lever to the middle position.
5. Measure the distance between the ground and the
front and rear edges of the cutting deck. Make sure
that the rear edge is 4–6 mm (1/5″) higher than the
front edge.
3.8 To do a check of the engine oil level
1. Park the product on level ground and stop the
engine.
2. Open the engine cover.
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