F.adjustable Front Skirt; G.removable Flow Control Baffles - Cub Cadet THE TANK S6031 Operator's And Service Manual

lower the mowing deck into the 4" height of cut posi-
tion. (The 4" height of cut position is recommended in
order for one to see and obtain a measurement. Any
height of cut position is acceptable as long as a proper
measurement can be taken.)
2. Check the right and left front tire pressure. Adjust as
necessary to 20-25 psi. Tire pressure can affect blade
height by as much as a 1/4".
3. Check the right and left rear Drive tire pressure. Adjust
as necessary to 10-12 psi.
4. Measure blade-to-ground height at the front tip of the
right blade. To obtain an accurate measure, align blades
in parallel with mower centerline, (i.e. front to back).
5. Measure blade-to-ground height at the front tip of the
left blade. Be sure to measure at the blade tip with the
blades arranged in proper position.
6. To level the deck, adjust the eyebolt at the left front of
the deck (Point B) so that the blade-to-ground height at
the right front blade tip matches that of the left front
blade tip. This is done by loosening the jam nuts on the
eyebolt and tightening the upper nut to raise the deck
and loosening the nut to lower the deck. The right front
blade tip height is fixed so you must adjust the left front
tip to match it.
7. Measure the blade-to-ground height at the right rear
blade tip. Again be sure to measure at the blade tip at
the rear of the right blade when aligned along the
mower centerline. The blade-to-ground height at the
rear of the blade tip should be 1/8" to 1/4" higher than
the front tip. This is referred to as blade pitch. The same
height difference should be true for the left blade, mea-
sured front and back. The pitch should not exceed 1/16"
if cut height is below 1-1/2".
8. To adjust the blade pitch the deck pitch must be
adjusted. Loosen the inner jam nuts at the rear of the
horizontal threaded rods. Start at Point C to raise the
Height of Cut LInk
Figure. 13
Eyebolt
Point B
Eyebolt
Point D
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rear of the deck, tighten the rear outer jam nut to raise
the deck pitch. Adjust the rear jam nut at Point D to take
the "slack out of the threaded rod.
9. The final adjustment would be to take the "slack" out of
the left rear linkage (Point D) by adjusting the jam nuts
on the eyebolt. Loosen the jam nuts and tighten the
upper nut to remove "slack".
10. In many cases it will be necessary to adjust deck height
using both eyebolt adjustments and pitch adjustment to
achieve the correct blade-to-ground heights. If you
remember that the front right blade tip adjustment is
fixed and you level to that height, adjusting the decks
will be simplified.
11. Once the deck is level one may find that the height of
cut does not match the height of cut indicator. A final
adjustment may be made by lowering or raising the
height of cut link accordingly. To raise the deck:
remove the shoulder bolt mounting the height of cut
link to the lift handle and reassemble the shoulder bolt
in the lowest of the three holes. To lower the deck:
remove the shoulder bolts mounting the height of cut
link, flip the height of cut link around and reassemble
the shoulder bolts in the top of the set of three holes and
the bottom hole. (see Fig. 13)

F.Adjustable Front Skirt

1. Please refer to the reconfigurable mower chart on
page 28.

G.Removable Flow Control Baffles

1. Please refer to the reconfigurable mower chart on
page 28.
Jam Nuts
Point C
Point A