Toro Greensmaster Flex 1800 Service Manual page 137

Reel Assembly Removal (Fig. 27)
NOTE: Removal of the cutting reel can be completed
by removing the RH side plate from the cutting unit
crossmember. The LH side plate (including the reel
drive assembly) does not have to be removed from the
crossmember when using the following procedure.
CAUTION
Contact with the reel, bedknife or other cutting
unit parts can result in personal injury. Use
heavy gloves when removing the cutting reel.
1. Park machine on a level surface. Make sure the en-
gine is OFF and the traction lever is in NEUTRAL.
2. Remove the cutting unit from the machine and place
cutting unit on a flat work area.
3. Remove reel drive cover and belt from reel drive as-
sembly. Then, remove reel pulley from reel drive shaft.
Refer to Reel Drive Assembly in the Service and Repairs
section of Chapter 4 - Traction and Reel Drive System
for procedure to remove these components.
IMPORTANT: If the reel bearings or seals are being
replaced, the bearing lock screw and the reel drive
shaft must be removed. Use the following proce-
dure to restrain the reel and loosen the components
before removing the rollers.
4. Loosen the bearing lock screw and the reel drive
shaft (Fig. 29):
A. Tip up the cutting unit to access the bottom of the
reel.
B. Insert a long- handled pry bar (3/8 x 12 inch with
screwdriver handle recommended) through the bot-
tom of the cutting unit. The pry bar should pass be-
tween the top of the reel shaft and the backs of the
reel blades so that the reel will not move (Fig. 30).
IMPORTANT: To avoid grinding the reel, do not
contact the cutting edge of any blade with the pry
bar as this may damage the cutting edge and/or
cause a high blade.
C. Move the pry bar against the weld side of the reel
support plate closest to the bearing lock screw.
IMPORTANT: The reel drive shaft on the left end
of the cutting reel has left- hand threads. The
bearing lock screw on the right end of the cutting
reel has right- hand threads.
Greensmaster Flex 1800/1820/2100/2120
1. Reel drive cover
2. Belt
5
(Right Hand Threads)
3
2
Use this 1" hex surface
when removing or
installing reel drive shaft
1. Cutting reel
2. Flocked seal (2 used)
3. Bearing (2 used)
1
1. Bearing lock screw
2. Reel shaft
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2
3
Figure 28
3. Reel pulley
90 to 110 ft- lb
(123 to 149 N- m)
1
90 to 110 ft- lb
(123 to 149 N- m)
(Left Hand Threads)
6
2
3
Figure 29
4. Reel drive shaft
5. Bearing lock screw
6. Reel groove location
3 4
2
Figure 30
3. Support plate, weld side
4. Pry bar
Cutting Unit
1
4