Bedknife Service - Toro Greensmaster eFlex 1800 Service Manual

Bedknife Service

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1. Screw
Bedknife Removal (Fig. 19)
1. Remove bedbar from cutting unit (see Bedbar Re-
moval in this section).
NOTE: EFlex 1800 cutting units use 11 screws to se-
cure bedknife to bedbar. EFlex 2100 cutting units use 13
screws to secure bedknife to bedbar.
2. Remove screws from bedbar using a socket wrench
and bedknife screw tool (see Special Tools in this chap-
ter). Discard screws.
3. Remove bedknife from the bedbar.
Bedknife Installation (Fig. 19)
1. Use scraper to remove all rust, scale and corrosion
from bedbar surface and lightly oil bedbar surface be-
fore installing bedknife.
Cutting Unit
2
Antiseize Lubricant
200 to 250 in- -lb
(23 to 28 N- -m)
Figure 19
2. Bedbar
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3. Bedknife
2. Make sure that
(5/16--18UNC--2A) are clean. If necessary, use tap to
clean threads.
3. Apply antiseize lubricant to the threads of new
screws. Take care to keep antiseize lubricant from taper
on screw heads.
IMPORTANT: Do not use an impact wrench to tight-
en screws into the bedbar.
4. Use new screws to secure bedknife to bedbar. Install
all screws but do not tighten fully. Then, using a torque
wrench and bedknife screw tool (see Special Tools in
this chapter), torque screws from 200 to 250 in- -lb (23
to 28 N- -m). Use a torquing pattern working from the
center toward each end of the bedknife (Fig. 20).
5. After installing bedknife to bedbar, grind bedknife.
Greensmaster eFlex 1800/2100
eFlex 2100 Shown
Lightly Oil
Bedbar Surface
screw threads in bedbar