Adjusting Self-Propel Drive Cable; Servicing Blade-Drive System - Toro TimeMaster 20199 Operator's Manual

Adjusting the Self-propel Drive
Cable
Whenever you install a new self-propel cable, or if
the self-propel drive is out of adjustment, adjust the
self-propel-drive cable.
1. Loosen the cable support nut (Figure 37).
2. Pull down the cable jacket (toward the mower) until
there is no slack in the cable (Figure 38).
3. Tighten the nut on the cable support.
Figure 37
Figure 38
Servicing the Blade-drive
System
Service Interval: Every 50 hours
1. Remove the blade-drive system cover (Figure 39).
1. Bolts
2. Brush or blow out debris from the inside of the
shield and around all the parts.
3. Hold a 0.010-inch feeler gauge, a piece of paper, or a
note card against the wall and slide it down behind
the belt tension spring.
Note: If there is a visible gap between the gauge
and the spring, tighten the adjusting bolt and the nut
until the paper barely slides freely in and out of the
gap (Figure 40).
1. Belt-tension spring
2. Adjusting bolt
3. Gap
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Figure 39
2. Cover
Figure 40
4. Adjusting nut
5. Blade-drive belt
6. Wall