Checking And Adjusting Cutting Unit Ground Pressure; Checking And Adjusting Parallelism Of The Mowing Deck - McCulloch Rider 11 Workshop Manual

Reparation instructions
Checking and adjusting mower deck
ground pressure
1
Check the tyre pressures (60 kPa).
Place a set of bathroom scales under the mower
deck's frame (front edge) so that the deck rests on
the scales.
2
Adjust the mowing deck's ground pressure with the
adjuster nuts placed behind the front wheels on
both sides of the ride-on mower. The ground
pressure should be the same on both sides,
between 12 and 15 kg.
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Checking and adjusting mower deck
parallelism
1
Check the tyre pressures (60 kPa).
Place the ride-on mower on an even surface and
measure the distance between the ground and the
edge of the deck, at the front and rear of the cover.
The cutting unit should slope forwards slightly so
that the rear edge is 2-4 mm higher than the front
edge.
2
Adjusting Rider 11 and Rider 13 H
• 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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