Replacing The Grass Deflector; Cleaning; Washing The Underside Of The Mower - Toro 74603 Operator's Manual

Replacing the Grass
Deector
An uncovered discharge opening could
allow the lawn mower to throw objects in
the operator's or bystander's direction and
result in serious injury. Also, contact with
the blade could occur.
Never operate the lawn mower unless you
install a cover plate, a mulch plate, or a grass
chute and catcher.
1. Remove the locknut, bolt, spacer, and spring
holding the deflector to the mower brackets
(Figure 50). Remove the damaged or worn
grass deflector.
Figure 50
1. Mower bracket
2. Spring hook end
3. Space for spring
2. Align the grass deflector with the holes in the
brackets and the spring and spacer straight
ends in the space between the brackets and
above the deflector (Figure 50).
3. Place the spring and spacer so that the hooked
ends of the spring are pointing down, with one
end contacting on the mower deck and the
other over the deflector (Figure 50).
4. Secure the deflector to the mower bracket with
the bolt. The bolt should pass through the
grass deflector, spring, spacer, and brackets.
Secure with the locknut.
4. Grass deector
5. Bolt
6. Locknut
Note: It may be helpful to press down near
the end of the bolt with a 9/16 inch open end
wrench to align the bolt with the second hole
on the mower bracket and grass deflector.
5. Lift the grass deflector and check that it is
spring loaded and pivots freely to the full down
position.
Important: The grass deflector must be
spring loaded in the down position. Lift
the deflector up to test that it snaps to the
full down position.

Cleaning

Washing the Underside of
the Mower
After each use, wash the underside of the mower
to prevent grass buildup, for improved mulch
action, and clipping dispersal.
1. Park the machine on a hard level surface.
2. Disengage the blade control switch and move
the control levers to the neutral locked position
and apply the parking brake.
3. Stop the engine, remove the key, and wait for
all moving parts to stop before leaving the
operating position.
4. Attach the hose coupling to the end of the
mower washout fitting, and turn the water on
high (Figure 51).
Note: Spread petroleum jelly on the washout
fitting O-ring to make the coupling slide on
easier and protect the O-ring.
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