Mounting The Cutting Units; Installing The Counterbalance Springs - Toro 03422 Operator's Manual

Mounting the Cutting Units

1. Slide a thrust washer onto the lift arm pivot rod
(Fig. 10).
2. Slide the cutting unit carrier frame onto the pivot rod
and secure it with a flat washer and flange head
capscrew (Fig. 10).
Note: On the rear cutting unit, position the thrust washer
between the rear of the carrier frame and the flat washer.
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Figure 10
1. Thrust washer
2. Carrier frame
3. Secure a tipper chain to the top of each Reelmaster
2300 carrier frame and to the bottom of each
Reelmaster 2600 carrier frame with a capscrew, washer,
and locknut (Fig. 11).
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Figure 11
1. Tipper chain (RM 2300)
2. Tipper chain (RM 2600)
4. Grease all lift arm and carrier frame pivot points.
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3. Flat washer and flange
head capscrew
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3. Carrier frame
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Installing the Counterbalance
Springs
Warning
Use caution when tensioning the springs as they
are under heavy load.
The counterbalance springs help balance the cutting units to
allow equal amounts of weight (down pressure) to be
distributed to each end of the cutting unit. The springs also
transfer weight from the cutting units to the traction unit
therefore, increasing traction.
The following are recommended settings for the
counterbalance springs. Minor changes may be required to
achieve optimum performance for your turf conditions. The
weight, at each end of the cutting unit, can be checked
easily with a spring scale.
Increasing the spring tension reduces the weight on
inboard end of the cutting unit and increases the
weight on the outboard end.
Decreasing the spring tension increases the weight on
the inboard end of the cutting unit and reduces the
weight on outboard end.
Reelmaster 2300
1. Hook the spring into the third hole from the top on the
inboard side of both front cutting unit lift tabs and on
the rear cutting unit lift tab (Fig. 12).
Note: Selecting the #4 hole position (increasing the spring
tension) will reduce the weight on the inboard end of the
cutting unit, increase the weight on the outboard end of the
cutting unit, and increase traction. Selecting the #2 hole
position has the opposite affect.
Figure 12
1. Cutting unit lift tab
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