Installing the Recycler® Kit
1. Stop the engine and remove the ignition key.
2. Remove the mower as described in your
Operator’s
Manual
.
3. Turn the mower upside down.
4. Remove the existing mower blades installed on your
deck. Refer to the Removing the Blades section in
the
Operator’s Manual
for more information.
5. Locate the cut off baffle at the side discharge
opening on the mower deck (Figure 1).
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Figure 1
1.
Carriage bolt, existing
3.
Cut off baffle, existing
2.
Rear holes in the
discharge plate
4.
Lock nut, existing
6. Remove the fasteners securing the cut off baffle to
the deck and remove the cut off baffle.
Note:
Save the cut off baffle for converting back to
side discharge.
7. Install the fasteners into the same holes in the deck
they were originally removed from. This ensure no
holes are left open when the deck is operated.
DANGER
Open holes in the mower expose you and others
to thrown debris. Debris thrown out of holes in
the mower can cause injury.
•
Never operate the mower without hardware
mounted in all holes in the mower.
•
Install hardware in mounting holes when the
baffle is removed.
8. Install the right baffle to mower deck as shown in
Figure 2. Use two lock nuts (5/16 inch) to secure
the welded posts of the right baffle to the top of the
mower deck at center and right of center positions.
Hand tighten the fasteners.
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Figure 2
1.
Lock nut (5/16 inch)
3.
Welded posts
2.
Right baffle
9. Locate the baffle guard in loose parts. Use two
carriage bolts (5/16 x 3/4 inch) and two lock nuts
(5/16 inch) to the deck to secure the baffle guard
to the right baffle and the mower deck as shown in
Figure 3. Hand tighten the fasteners.
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Figure 3
1.
Baffle guard
3.
Carriage bolts (5/16 x 3/4
inch)
2.
Lock nut (5/16 inch)
4.
Right baffle
10. Locate a carriage bolt (5/16 x 3/4 inch) and lock nut
(5/16 inch) from loose parts. Install the carriage bolt
and lock nut through rear wall of the mower deck
and right baffle to secure the baffle to the deck.
11. Tighten all fasteners.
12. Install the left baffle to the mower deck as shown in
Figure 4. Use two lock nuts (5/16 inch) to secure
the welded posts of the left baffle to the top of the
mower deck at the center and left positions. Hand
tighten the fasteners.
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