Assembly Instructions
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3. Retract spring-loaded coupler ring on the PTO
Tube (provided in Owner’s Packet) and insert
coupler tool. Refer to
Quick Coupler Installa-
tion Tool
photo.
Quick Coupler
Installation Tool
Pull Back Spring-Loaded
Coupler Ring
PTO Tube
Quick Coupler Installation Tool
4. Reaching under the tractor, join the PTO tube to
the PTO shaft (align arrow decals). Slide the
PTO tube onto the spline shaft on the tractor
PTO drive shaft.
Grease Deck
Support Arms
PTO
Connection
Arrows on Shaft and Tube
(used to align when sliding together)
Mower Deck Installation
(PTO Shaft Connection)
5. Slide the deck the rest of the way on the deck
arms.
Deck Support
Arms
Mower Deck Installation
6. Install the lynch pin through the hole on the end
of each support arm to lock the deck in place
(refer to
Deck Counterweight Spring Installa-
tion
photo). Two (2) lynch pins are included in
the owner’s packet of materials.
7. Remove Installation Tool from coupler ring and
make sure the ring has “snapped” securely on
the spline shaft.
IMPORTANT:
DO NOT
operate tractor with
Quick Coupler Installation Tool installed.
IMPORTANT:
To prevent damage to the mow-
er, make sure the PTO shaft assembly is se-
curely locked on the tractor, with the locking
balls fully seated in the groove and the ring in
the full forward position (refer to the
Coupler
Ring “Locked” Position
photo). After installa-
tion, pull on the shaft to check for security.
Spring-Loaded Coupler Ring
In Fully Forward Position
Coupler Ring “Locked” Position