Replacing The Grass Deflector - Toro 74352 Operator's Manual

4. Lower the mower to the lowest height-of-cut.
5. Sit on the seat and start the engine. Engage the PTO and
let the mower run for one to three minutes.
6. Disengage the PTO, stop the engine, and remove the
ignition key. Wait for all moving parts to stop.
7. Turn the water off and remove the coupling from the
washout fitting.
Note: If the mower is not clean after one washing, soak it
and let it stand for 30 minutes. Then repeat the process.
8. Run the mower again for one to three minutes to
remove excess water.
Warning
A broken or missing washout fitting could expose
you and others to thrown objects or blade contact.
Contact with blade or thrown debris can cause
injury or death.
•
Replace broken or missing washout fitting
immediately, before using mower again.
•
Plug any hole(s) in mower with bolts and
locknuts.
•
Never put your hands or feet under the mower
or through openings in the mower.

Replacing the Grass Deflector

Warning
An uncovered discharge opening could allow the
lawn mower to throw objects in the operator's or
bystander's direction and result in serious injury.
Also, contact with the blade could occur.
Never operate the lawn mower unless you install a
cover plate, a mulch plate, or a grass chute and
catcher.
1. Remove the locknut, bolt, spacer, and spring holding
the deflector to the mower brackets (Fig. 47). Remove
the damaged or worn grass deflector.
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1. Mower bracket
2. Spring, hooked ends
down
3. Spacer
2. Align the grass deflector with the holes in the brackets
and the spring and spacer straight ends in the space
between the brackets and above the deflector (Fig. 47).
3. Place the spring and spacer so that the hooked ends of
the spring are pointing down, with one end contacting
on the mower deck and the other over the deflector
(Fig. 47).
4. Secure the deflector to the mower bracket with the bolt.
The bolt should pass through the grass deflector, spring,
spacer, and brackets. Secure with the locknut.
Note: It may be helpful to press down near the end of the
bolt with a 9/16 inch open end wrench to align the bolt with
the second hole on the mower bracket and grass deflector.
5. Lift the grass deflector and check that it is spring loaded
and pivots freely to the full down position.
Important
The grass deflector must be spring loaded in
the down position. Lift the deflector up to test that it snaps
to the full down position.
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Figure 47
4. Grass deflector
5. Bolt
6. Locknut
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