Installing The Mower; Replacing The Grass Deflector - Toro 74406 Operator's Manual

Note: Check to ensure that the length of
exposed thread on the spring eye bolt is 1/8 in.
(3 mm) (Figure 50).
7. Install the belt covers over the outside spindles.
Figure 51
Top View
1. Mower belt
2. Idler arm
3. Outside pulley

Installing the Mower

1. Park the machine on a level surface.
2. Disengage the PTO and move the control
levers to the neutral locked position and apply
the parking brake.
3. Stop the engine, remove the key, and wait for
all moving parts to stop before leaving the
operating position.
4. Slide the mower under the tractor.
5. Lower the height-of-cut lever to the lowest
position.
6. Attach the rear trunion rod to the tractor with
the clevis pin and hairpin cotter (Figure 49) on
each side of the mower.
7. Slide the leveling brackets onto the mounting
pins and secure them with the washers and
hairpin cotters (Figure 49).
8. Attach the front trunion rods to the tractor
with the clevis pins and hairpin cotters
(Figure 48).
9. Install the mower belt onto the engine pulley;
refer to Replacing the Mower Belt.
4. Spring
5. Idler pulley
Replacing the Grass
Deector
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 cover plate, a mulch plate, or a grass
chute and catcher.
1. Remove the locknut, bolt, and spring holding
the deflector to the mower brackets (Figure 52).
Remove the damaged or worn grass deflector.
Figure 52
1. Mower bracket
2. Spring hook end
3. Space for spring
2. Place the springs into the brackets on the
mower with the hooked ends over the raised
back (Figure 52).
3. Align the grass deflector with the holes in the
brackets and the spring straight ends in the
space under the hinge and above the deflector
(Figure 52).
4. Secure the deflector to the mower bracket with
the bolts. The bolts should pass through the
grass deflector, springs, and brackets.
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4. Grass deector
5. Bolt
6. Locknut