Cutting-Unit System
Maintenance
Blade Safety
A worn or damaged blade or bedknife can break, and a
piece could be thrown toward you or bystanders, resulting
in serious personal injury or death.
•
Inspect the blades and bedknives periodically for
excessive wear or damage.
•
Use care when checking the blades. Wear gloves and
use caution when servicing them. Only replace or
backlap the blades and bedknives; never straighten or
weld them.
•
On machines with multiple cutting units, take care when
rotating a cutting unit; it can cause the reels in the other
cutting units to rotate.
Checking the Reel-to-Bedknife Contact
Service Interval:
Before each use or daily
Check the reel-to-bedknife contact, regardless of whether
the quality of cut had previously been acceptable. There
must be light contact across the full length of the reel and
the bedknife (refer to Adjusting the Reel to Bedknife in the
cutting unit
Operator's Manual
).
Backlapping the Cutting Units
WARNING
Contact with the cutting units or other moving parts
can result in personal injury.
•
Keep your fingers, hands, and clothing away from
the cutting units and other moving parts.
•
Never attempt to turn the cutting units by hand or
foot while the engine is running.
Note:
Additional instructions and procedures on
backlapping are available in the Toro Reel Mower Basics
(with sharpening guidelines), Form 09168SL.
Preparing the Machine
1.
Prepare the machine for maintenance; refer to
Preparing for Maintenance (page 52)
.
2.
Press the Enable/Disable switch to D
ISABLE
position.
3.
Make initial reel-to-bedknife adjustments appropriate
for backlapping on all cutting units which are to
be backlapped; refer to the cutting unit
Operator's
Manual
.
4.
Unlock and raise the seat to expose the mower
manifold (
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Figure 152
1.
Backlap lever (backlap
position—front cutting
units)
3.
Mower manifold
2.
Backlap lever (backlap
position—rear cutting
units)
5.
Move the backlap levers to the R (backlap) position
(
Note:
Select either the front, rear, or both backlap
levers to control which cutting units to backlap.
When backlapping, the front cutting units all operate
together, and the rear cutting units operate together.
Lapping the Reels and Bedknife
DANGER
Changing the engine speed while backlapping may
cause the reels to stall.
•
Never change the engine speed while backlapping.
•
Only backlap at idle engine speed.
1.
Start the engine and run at low idle speed.
2.
With the Mow/Transport lever in the M
OW
position,
move the Enable/Disable switch to the E
NABLE
position. Move the Lower Mow/Lift control forward
to start the backlapping operation on the designated
reels.
3.
Apply lapping compound with a long-handled brush.
DANGER
Contacting the cutting units when they are moving
could cause personal injury.
To avoid personal injury, be certain that you are
clear of the cutting units before proceeding.
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