Installing The Mower; Replacing The Grass Deflector - Toro 74914 Operator's Manual

Installing the Mower

1. Park the machine on a level surface and disengage
the blade control switch.
2. Move the motion control levers outward to the
neutral lock position, stop the engine, remove the
key, and wait for all moving parts to stop before
leaving the operating position.
3. Slide the mower under the machine.
4. Lower the height-of-cut lever to the lowest position.
Place the height-of-cut pin in the lock position for
lowest height-of-cut.
5. Lift the rear of the mower deck and guide the hanger
brackets over the rear hanger bolts (Figure 72).
6. Attach the front support on the mower deck to the
front deck hangers and secure them with a washer
and hairpin cotter (Figure 71).
7. Install the mower belt onto the engine pulley; refer
to Replacing the Mower Belt.

Replacing the Grass Deflector

Service Interval: Before each use or daily—Inspect the
grass deflector for damage
An uncovered discharge opening could allow
the lawn mower to throw objects in the
operator's or bystander's direction and result
in serious injury. Also, contact with the blade
could occur.
Never operate the lawn mower unless you
install a mulch plate, discharge deflector, or
grass collection system.
Inspect the grass deflector for damage before each use.
Replace any damaged parts before use.
1. Remove the cotter pin from the rod (Figure 73).
2. Disengage the spring from the notch in the deflector
bracket and slide the rod out of the welded deck
brackets, spring, and discharge deflector (Figure 73).
Remove the damaged or worn discharge deflector.
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1. Deflector assembly
2. Deck brackets
3. Rod
3. Position the new discharge deflector assembly with
the bracket ends between the welded brackets on the
deck as shown in Figure 73.
4. Install the spring onto the straight end of the rod.
Position the spring on the rod as shown in so the
shorter spring end is coming from under the rod
before the bend and going over the rod as it returns
from the bend.
5. Lift the long end of the spring and place it into the
notch on the deflector assembly bracket (Figure 74).
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Figure 73
4. Spring
5. Spring installed over the
rod
6. Cotter pin
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