Removing The Mower Deck - Toro 74790 Operator's Manual

1. Adjusting rod
2. Adjusting block
7. To raise the front of the mower, tighten the
adjustment nut.
8. To lower the front of the mower, loosen the
adjustment nut.
9. After adjustment, check the front-to-rear slope
again, continue adjusting the nut until the front
blade tip is 1.6 to 7.9 mm (1/16 to 5/16 inch)
lower than the rear blade tip
Figure 54).
10. When the front-to-rear blade slope is correct,
check the side-to-side level of the mower again,
refer to Leveling from Side to Side (page

Removing the Mower Deck

1. Park the machine on a level surface and
disengage the blade-control switch.
2. Engage the parking brake, shut off the engine,
remove the key, and wait for all moving parts to
stop before leaving the operating position.
3. Lower the height-of-cut lever to the lowest
position.
4. Remove the hairpin cotter from the front support
rod and remove the rod from the deck bracket
(Figure 56). Carefully lower the front of the
mower deck to the ground.
Figure 55
3. Locknut
(Figure 53
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1. Front support rod
2. Locking nut
5. Using the mower-deck handles, lift the mower
deck and hanger brackets clear of the rear lift
rod and lower the mower carefully to the ground
(Figure 57
and
44).
1. Mower deck
2. Hanger bracket
6. Slide the mower deck rearward to remove the
mower belt from the engine pulley.
7. Slide the mower deck out from underneath the
machine.
46
Figure 56
3. Deck bracket
and Figure 59).
Figure 57
3. Rear lift rod
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