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AFM4211 All Flex Grooming Mower 315-507M
4/12/11
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Table of Contents
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety at All Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Look For The Safety Alert Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Further Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 1: Assembly & Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tractor Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Torque Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
PTO To Drawbar Set-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tractor Hook-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Main Driveline Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Hydraulic Hook-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Pull Rope Hook-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Gauge Wheel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Bleeding Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 2: Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . 16
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
U-Joint Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Constant Velocity Driveline Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Pre-Operation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
General Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Section 3: Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Center Deck Height Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Belt Tension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Section 4: Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Ball Swivel Hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Cutting Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Low Lift Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Medium Lift Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
High Lift Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Mulching Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section 5: Maintenance & Lubrication . . . . . 23
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Servicing Mower Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Blade Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Blade Removal And Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Blade Sharpening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Blade Options: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
V-Belt Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Driveline Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Tires With Air Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Driveline Constant Velocity Shaft . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Driveline Shafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Inner Tube of Driveline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Wheel Support Bushings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Wheel Bushings (Gauge Wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Wheel Bushings (Transport Hubs) . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Blade Spindle Bearings, Center Deck . . . . . . . . . 29
Blade Spindle Bearings, Wing Decks . . . . . . . . . 29
Tool Bar To Floating Link Pivot Pin . . . . . . . . . . 29
4-Way Gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Mower Deck Gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Transport Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Wing Deck Pivot Bushings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Rear Deck Pivot Half Clamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Wing Flex Pivot Lugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 6: Specifications & Capacities . . . . 32
Section 7: Features & Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Section 8: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Section 9: Torque & Tire Inflation Charts . . . 37
Section 10: Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39