Installing The Mower; Replacing The Grass Deflector - Toro 74806 Operator's Manual

Figure 50
Top View
1. Mower belt
2. Idler arm
3. Outside pulley
7. Install the belt covers over the outside spindles.

Installing the Mower

1. Park the machine on a level surface.
2. Disengage the blade control (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 48) 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 48).
8. Attach the front trunion rods to the tractor
with the clevis pins and hairpin cotters
(Figure 47).
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 51).
Remove the damaged or worn grass deflector.
Figure 51
1. Mower bracket
2. Spring, hooked ends down 6. Bolt
3. Spacer
4. Grass deector bracket
2. Place the springs into the brackets on the
mower with the hooked ends over the raised
back (Figure 51).
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 51).
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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5. Grass deector
7. Locknut