MTD RZT SERIES TRACTOR Operator's Manual page 27

Adjusting the Front Gauge Wheels
Warning! Keep hands and feet away from the
discharge opening of the cutting deck.
NOTE: The deck gauge wheels are an anti-scalp feature of the deck
and are not designed to support the weight of the cutting deck.
The mower deck cutting height can be set in any of six height
settings using the tractor's deck lift handle. The deck heights
range from 1-1⁄2" to 4". The deck gauge wheel position should be
approximately 1⁄4 to 1⁄2" above the ground when the deck is set in
the desired height setting.
Using the lift handle, set the deck in the desired height setting,
then check the gauge wheel distance from the ground below. If
necessary adjust as follows:
1. Visually check the distance between the front gauge
wheels and the ground. If the gauge wheels are near or
touching the ground, they should be raised. If more than
1⁄2" above the ground, they should be lowered.
2. Remove the lock nut securing one of the front gauge wheel
shoulder screws to the deck. Remove the gauge wheel and
shoulder screw. Refer to Fig. 6-7.
Shoulder Screw
Figure 6-7
3. Insert the shoulder screw into the one of four index holes
in the front gauge wheel bracket that will give the gauge
wheel a 1⁄4" to 1⁄2" clearance with the ground.
4. Note the index hole of the just adjusted wheel, and adjust
the other gauge wheels into the respective index holes of
the other gauge wheel brackets on the deck.
Front Gauge
Wheel
Gauge Wheel
Bracket
Index Holes
Lock Nut
Adjusting the Rear Rollers (If so equipped)
The position on the rear deck rollers is generally not changed. In
the low position the rollers will roll the grass. In the high position,
the rollers are in a storage position and do little or no rolling of
the grass. Change the roller position as follows:
1. Remove the cotter pin from the left end of the roller shaft.
See Fig. 6-8.
Low Position
High
Position
Cotter
Pin
Roller
Roller Shaft
Figure 6-8
2. Slide the roller shaft to the right and remove the rollers
as the shaft is fully withdrawn from the right rear roller
bracket. See Fig. 6-8.
3. Insert the roller shaft through the other roller bracket hole.
Slide the rollers onto the shaft as you slide the shaft to the left.
4. If necessary, rotate the roller shaft to align the flat area on
the left end of the shaft with the flat of the hole in the left
roller bracket. Slide the shaft through the left roller bracket
and secure with the cotter pin.
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Right Rear
Roller Bracket
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