Changing The Height Of Cut; Removing The Blades - Stanley 36FS Owner's Manual

Changing the Height of Cut

Your mower is equipped with an easily-adjustable
floating deck, which can be adjusted for cut heights of
1½ inches to 4½ inches in ½-inch increments.
How to Change the Cut Height
1. Hold one side of the deck by the black handle.
2. Using your other hand, remove the retaining clip
and pin from the two brackets on that side of the
mower.

Removing the Blades

Required tools: Two (2) 15/16" box end wrenches
CAUTION
CAUTION! Beware of the cutting edges on the
blades. The rotation of one blade may cause
the other blade(s) to rotate. Always wear work
gloves when handling blades.
1. Park the mower on level ground and block the rear
wheels to prevent accidental rollback.
2. Raise the front end of the mower using a jack
stand.
3. Use one wrench to loosen nut A while holding bolt
B with the other wrench. (See adjacent photo.)
Rev: Mar2011
Operating Instructions
3. Raise or lower the deck
until the hole in the height
adjust bar aligns with the
desired cut height hole on
the height adjust bracket.
4. Replace the height adjust
pins into the desired cut
height holes. All 4 height
adjust pins must be set to
the same desired cut
height position.
5. Repeat the same adjust-
ment process with the
two height adjust pins /
brackets on the other side
of the mower deck.
4. Slide the blade bolt down through the mower deck
and out.
5. To reinstall, insert the blade bolt through the
cutting deck.
6. Install the blade spacers that were removed, back
onto the blade bolt followed by the nut and tighten.
(See figure below.) IMPORTANT: The number of
spacers should always be the same on each blade
bolt. NEVER put the spacers below the blade.
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STANLEY Finish Mower
13
36FS, 54FS
A
B