Mower Deck Maintenance; Leveling The Mower Deck - Toro 74141 Operator's Manual

Mower Deck
Maintenance

Leveling the Mower Deck

Setting Up the Machine
Note: Ensure that the mower deck is leveled before
matching the height-of-cut (HOC).
1. Position the mower on a flat surface.
2. Disengage the blade-control switch (PTO), move the
motion-control levers to the neutral-locked position,
and set the parking brake.
3. Stop the engine, remove the key, and wait for all moving
parts to stop before leaving the operating position.
4. Check tire pressure of the drive tires.
5. If needed, adjust to 90 kPa (13 psi).
6. Position the mower to the 76 mm (3 inches)
height-of-cut position.
Leveling the Deck
1. Position the mower on a flat surface.
2. Stop engine, wait for all moving parts to stop, remove
the key, and engage the parking brake.
3. Check the tire pressure in the drive tires.
Note: Proper inflation pressure for the tires is 90 kPa
(13 psi).
4. Position the transport lock in the latching position.
5. Push the deck-lift pedal all the way forward and the
deck will latch at the 14 cm (5-1/2 inches) transport
position (Figure 72).
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Figure 72
1. Deck-lift pedal
2. Height-of-cut pin
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3. Transport lock
6. Insert the height adjustment pin into the 7.6 cm (3
inches) cutting height location.
7. Release the transport lock and allow the deck to lower
to the cutting height.
8. Raise the discharge chute.
9. On both sides of the deck, measure from the level
surface to the front tip of the blade (Postion A) as
shown in Figure
Note: The measurement should read 7.6 mm (3
inches)
1. 7.6 cm (3 inches) at
position A is correct
2. 8.3 cm (3-1/4 inches) at
position B is correct
10. If needed, loosen the whizlock nut on the side of the
yoke and the jam nut on top
11. Fine tune the screw adjuster by turning it to get 7.6
mm (3 inches) height.
Note: To increase the height, turn the adjuster screw
clockwise; to decrease, turn it counterclockwise.
Note: If the front deck links do not have enough
adjustment to achieve accurate cut height , the
single point adjustment can be utilized to gain more
adjustment.
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Figure 73
3. Measure here from the
blade tip to the hard
surface
4. Measure at position A and
B on both sides
(Figure 74).