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Installing the Recycler
Blades
Parts needed for this procedure:
2
Recycler blades (sold separately)
Procedure
WARNING
A blade is sharp. Contact with a sharp blade
can cause serious personal injury.
Wear gloves or wrap sharp edges of the blade
with a rag.
Install the recycler blades onto the mower; refer to
the
Parts Catalog
for your machine for the blade part
number and the
Operator’s Manual
for your machine
for installation instructions.
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Converting the Mower
Deck for Rear-Discharge
Operation
Parts needed for this procedure:
6
Flange-head capscrews
Preparing to Remove the Mulching
Kit
1.
Prepare the mower; refer to
.
2.
Remove the recycling blades; refer to the
Operator’s Manual
for your machine.
Removing the Kicker Fittings
Note:
Determine the left and right sides of the
machine from the normal operating position.
1.
At the bottom, left side of the mower deck,
remove the 2 carriage bolts (3/8 x 1 inch) and 2
flange locknuts (3/8 inch) that secure the kicker
fitting to the deck, and remove the kicker fitting
(
).
Note:
Retain the carriage bolts and kicker fitting
for installing the mulching kit.
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Figure 7
1.
Flange locknut (3/8 inch)
4.
Carriage bolt (3/8 inch)
2.
10 mm (3/8 inch) hole
(mower deck)
5.
Front of the machine
3.
Kicker fitting
2.
Install 2 flange-head capscrews (3/8 x 1 inch)
into the 10 mm (3/8 inch) holes in the mower
deck (
) and secure the capscrews with
2 flange locknuts (3/8 inch) that you removed
in step
.
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Figure 8
1.
Flange locknut (3/8 inch)
3.
Flange-head capscrew
(3/8 x 1 inch)
2.
10 mm (3/8 inch) hole
(mower deck)
3.
At the bottom, right side of the mower deck,
remove the 2 carriage bolts (3/8 x 1 inch) and 2
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