Servicing The Bedknife - Toro Greensmaster eFlex 1018 Operator's Manual

Installing the Bedbar
1. Install the bedbar, positioning the mounting ears
between the washers and the bedbar-adjusting
screw (Figure 20).
2. Secure the bedbar to each side plate with the
bedbar bolts (nuts on bolts) and 3 washers (6
total).
3. Position a nylon washer on each side of the
side-plate boss. Place a steel washer outside
each of the nylon washers
4. Torque the bedbar bolts to 27 to 36 N∙m (240 to
320 inch-lb).
5. Tighten the locknuts until you remove the end
play from steel washers, but you are able to
rotate them by hand. The washers on the inside
may have a gap.
Important:
Do not overtighten the locknuts
or they will deflect the side plates.
6. Tighten the spring tension nut until the spring is
collapsed, then back it off 1/2 turn
Figure 22
1. Spring-tension nut
7. Adjust the bedknife to the reel; refer to
the Bedknife after Grinding, Backlapping, or
Disassembly (page
(Figure 21).
(Figure 22).
2. Spring
Adjusting
8).

Servicing the Bedknife

Installing the Bedknife
1. Remove the rust, scale, and corrosion from the
bedbar surface and apply a thin layer of oil to
the bedbar surface.
2. Clean the screw threads.
3. Apply anti-seize compound to the screws and
install the bedknife to the bedbar.
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1. Bedbar
2. Bedknife
4. Torque the 2 outer screws to 1 N∙m (10 in-lb).
5. Working from the center of the bedknife, torque
the screws to 23 to 28 N∙m (200 to 250 in-lb).
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Figure 23
3. Screw
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