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Installing the Verticutter
Blades
1.
Assemble a blade
2.
Assemble a large spacer.
3.
Do not invert the reel blades when assembling
them on the reel shaft.
Note:
If you invert the blades, the blades in
use (rounded) will mix with the sharp ends
of the previously unused blades, resulting in
unsatisfactory cutting performance.
4.
Install the next blade clockwise so that the index
reference hole
(Figure
first blade hole by one flat of the shaft.
Figure 16
1. Index reference hole
5.
Continue to install spacers and blades in this
manner until the full complement of blades have
been installed.
Note:
When properly assembled, the blades
will be staggered in such a manner as to appear
like a helix.
6.
Install the small spacer to the shaft.
7.
Apply Blue Loctite 242 to the nut. Install the nut
onto the shaft (machined side of the nut toward
the spacer), and tighten it to 109 to 135 N-m (80
to 100 ft-lb).
(Figure
16).
16) is not aligned with the
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