Adjusting Rider 850; Adjusting Rider 970; Adjusting Cutting Height Area - Husqvarna Rider 850 Workshop Manual

Reparation instructions
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Adjusting Rider 850

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• Remove the front cover and the right-hand
fender.
• Vertical adjustment of the mowing deck is made
with the adjuster nuts on the back edge of the
lift-strut.
• Raise the mowing deck at the front edge by
shortening the lift-strut.
Lower the mowing deck at the front edge by
lengthening the lift-strut.
• Tighten the nuts against each other after the
adjustment.
• On completion of the adjustment, the deck's
parallelism should be re-checked. Fit the right-
hand fender and the front cover.
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Adjusting Rider 970

Rider 970 and older versions of Rider 1000, 1030
and 1200 are adjusted by screwing a fork on the
parallel strut.
• Remove the front cover and the left and right-
hand fenders.
• Release the strut by pulling out the rear pin (1).
Lift the rear edge of the cover to relieve the
parellel strut.
• Release the lock nut (2).
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• Screw out the fork (3) to raise, or screw in the
fork (3) to lower, the rear edge of the cover.
• Tighten the lock nut after adjustment (2).
• On completion of the adjustment, the deck's
parallelism should be re-checked. Fit the right
and left-hand fender, as well as the front cover.

Adjusting cutting height area

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• On Rider 1030 Bioclip and Rider 1200, firstly
remove the plastic cover on the right-hand side
under the seat.
• On Rider 970 and Rider 850, firstly remove the
right-hand fender.
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Raise or lower the entire mowing deck by screwing
the nuts up or down.
If, for example, the highest cutting height is raised
by 5 mm, the other fixed fixed cutting heights will
also be raised by the same amount.