Removing The Mower - Toro 74704 Operator's Manual

9. Set the height-of-cut at 3 inch (76 mm) and
carefully rotate the blades so they are facing
front to rear (Figure 44).
10. Measure from the tip of the front blade to the
flat surface and the tip of the rear blade to the
flat surface (Figure 44). If the front blade tip
is not 1/16-5/16 inch (1.6-7.9 mm) lower than
the rear blade tip, adjust the front locknuts.
Figure 44
1. Blades front to rear
2. Outside cutting edges
11. To adjust the front-to-rear blade slope, remove
the hairpin cotter from the front trunion yokes
and loosen the jam nuts (Figure 45).
Figure 45
1. Front trunion rod yoke
2. Hairpin cotter
12. Rotate the yokes on the rods to change the
adjustment (Figure 45). To raise the front
of the mower, tighten the yokes (shorten the
rods). To lower the front of the mower, loosen
the yokes (lengthen the rods).
13. After adjusting both adjustment nuts evenly,
check the front-to-rear slope again. Continue
adjusting the nuts until the front blade tip is
3. Measure here
3. Jam nut
1/16-5/16 inch (1.6-7.9 mm) lower than the
rear blade tip (Figure 44).
14. When the front-to-rear blade slope is correct,
tighten the lock nuts and check the side-to-side
level of the mower; refer to Leveling the
Mower from Side-to-Side.
15. Recheck the side-to-side level of the mower;
refer to Leveling the Mower from Side-to-Side.
16. Check the height of the anti-scalp rollers; refer
to Adjusting the Anti-Scalp Rollers.

Removing the Mower

1. Park the machine on a level surface and
disengage the blade control (PTO).
2. Move the motion control levers to the brake
position, stop the engine, remove the key, and
wait for all moving parts to stop before leaving
the operating position.
3. Lower the height-of-cut lever to the lowest
position.
4. Remove the hairpin cotter and clevis pin from
the front trunion yokes (Figure 46).
Figure 46
1. Hairpin cotter and clevis
pin
5. Remove the hairpin cotter and clevis pin from
the rear trunion rod (Figure 47) on each side
of the mower.
6. Remove the hairpin cotter and washer at
the mower leveling brackets (Figure 47) on
each side of the mower. Note which hole
the leveling bracket is mounted in for future
installation. Slide the brackets off of the
mounting pin.
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2. Front trunion