Adjusting The Front-To-Rear Blade Slope - Toro 71254 Operator's Manual

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Figure 37
1. Hanger bracket
2. Rear-locking nut
3. Side-locking nut
8. Loosen the side-locking nut on the hanger bracket
just enough so that you can adjust the eccentric plate
(Figure 37).
Note: Use a 3/8–inch drive extension on a socket
wrench to manipulate the eccentric plate. Use the
wrench to position the height of the mower deck
and adjust it to the desired height.
9. Stop the deck at the adjusted position and tighten
the side-locking nut on the hanger bracket to hold
the new position (Figure 37).
10. Continue leveling the deck by checking the
front-to-rear slope; refer to Adjusting the
Front-to-Rear Slope.
Adjusting the Front-to-Rear
Blade Slope
Check the front-to-rear blade slope whenever you install
the mower. Before you check the slope, set the air
pressure in the tires to the recommended level; refer to
Checking the Tire Pressure. If the front of the mower is
not within a range of 0 to 1/4 inch (0 to 6 mm) lower
than the rear of the mower, adjust the blade slope as
follows:
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4. Eccentric adjustment plate
5. Socket wrench with
3/8–inch extension
1. Park the tractor on a level surface.
2. Disengage the blade control (PTO).
3. Stop the engine, remove the key, and wait for all
moving parts to stop before leaving the operating
position.
4. Check and adjust the side-to-side blade level if you
have not checked the setting; refer to Leveling the
Mower from Side-to-Side.
5. Move the height-of-cut lever into one of the middle
notches.
6. Measure from the top of the front blade to the
flat surface and the tip of the rear blade to the flat
surface (Figure 38). If the front blade tip is not 0 to
1/4 inch (0 to 6 mm) lower than the rear blade tip,
adjust the front locknut.
1. Blades front to rear
2. Outside cutting edges
7. Loosen the jam nut (Figure 39).
1. Jam nut
8. Adjust the front-to-rear blade slope by rotating the
adjustment nut in the front of the mower (Figure 40).
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Figure 38
3. Measure here
Figure 39