Cleaning the Blade-Stop
System Shield
Service Interval:
Every 25 hours
1.
Disconnect the spark-plug wire from the spark
plug; refer to
Preparing for Maintenance (page
.
2.
Tip the machine onto its side with the dipstick
down.
3.
Remove the 2 blade nuts and the stiffener
(
).
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1.
Blade nuts
4.
Blade driver
2.
Stiffener
5.
Anti-scalp disk
3.
Blade
6.
Blade-stop system shield
4.
Remove the blade (
5.
Remove the blade driver and the anti-scalp disk
(
).
6.
Remove the blade-stop system shield (
7.
Brush or blow out debris from the inside of the
shield and around all the parts.
8.
Install the blade-stop system shield that you
previously removed.
9.
Install the blade driver and anti-scalp disk that
you previously removed.
10.
Install the blade and the stiffener with the 2 blade
nuts that you previously removed (
11.
Install the blade nuts.
Note:
Torque the blade nuts to 20 to 37 N∙m
(15 to 27 ft-lb).
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