Toro Greensmaster Flex 1800 Service Manual page 45

Disassembly (Fig. 18)
1. Park mower on a level surface. Make sure engine is
OFF. Remove spark plug wire from the engine spark
plug.
2. Remove reel drive bearing housing from reel drive
housing (see Reel Drive Assembly in this section).
3. Remove retaining ring (item 1) from bearing housing.
4. Slide reel input shaft assembly from bearing hous-
ing. Remove wave washer (item 5) from bearing hous-
ing.
IMPORTANT: When removing flex coupler (item 12)
from reel input shaft (item 2), do not mar outer sur-
face of coupler (e.g. grasping with pliers or mount-
ing in vise) as coupler may be damaged and fail
prematurely.
5. Support flex coupler (item 12) to prevent it from being
damaged during spring pin removal. Push spring pin
from flex coupler and reel input shaft. Slide coupler from
shaft and discard spring pin.
6. Remove retaining ring (item 9) from shaft. Then re-
move flat washer (item 8), wave spring (item 7) and
flocked bearing shield (item 6) from shaft. Note orienta-
tion of flocked shield for assembly purposes.
7. Press bearings and bearing spacer from shaft if nec-
essary. Discard bearings if removed.
8. Clean all bearing housing components.
Greensmaster Flex 1800/1820/2100/2120
Assembly (Fig. 18)
1. If bearings were removed from reel input shaft, install
new bearings onto shaft. Press first bearing fully onto
shaft. Position spacer on shaft and then press second
bearing onto shaft.
2. Install flocked bearing shield (item 6), wave spring
(item 7) and then flat washer (item 8) onto reel input
shaft. Secure components to shaft with retaining ring
(item 9). It may be necessary to drive the retaining ring
onto the input shaft with a tubular tool and mallet. Make
sure that retaining ring is fully seated into shaft groove
after installation.
3. Place wave washer (item 5) into bearing housing.
4. Fill cavity between bearings with Mobil High Temper-
ature XHP−222 grease (or equivalent).
5. Install reel input shaft assembly into bearing housing
and secure with retaining ring (item 1).
IMPORTANT: When installing flex coupler (item 12)
onto reel input shaft (item 2), do not mar outer sur-
face of coupler (e.g. grasping with pliers or mount-
ing in vise) as coupler may be damaged and fail
prematurely.
6. Slide flex coupler onto reel input shaft, support cou-
pler to prevent it from being damaged during spring pin
installation. Install new spring pin into coupler to secure
it to shaft.
7. Install reel drive bearing housing to reel drive hous-
ing (see Reel Drive Assembly in this section).
8. Connect spark plug wire to spark plug.
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