Toro 22191 Operator's Manual page 13

4. Set the ground speed selector to the Neutral (N)
position.
5. Take a half sheet of newspaper and crumple it into
a ball small enough to go under the deck (about 3
inches or 76 mm in diameter) as shown in Figure 14.
Figure 14
1. 5 inches (12.7 cm)
6. Place the ball of newspaper 5 inches (12.7 cm) in
front of the lawn mower (Figure 14).
7. Start the engine.
8. Move the control bar down to its lowest position
(Figure 15).
Figure 15
9. Lift the control bar up to about one inch (2.5 cm)
below the handle; refer to position A in Figure 16.
Note: The fan-like noise indicates that the lawn
mower blade is turning.
1. 1 inch (2.5 cm)
10. Release the control bar; refer to position B in
Figure 17. You should hear a "bang." The blade
should stop in 3 seconds.
11. Immediately push the lawn mower over the
newspaper ball.
12. Stop the engine and wait for all moving parts to
stop.
13. Walk around the lawn mower to check for the
newspaper ball. If the ball did not go under the
deck, repeat steps 6 through 12.
14. Pull the lawn mower away from the newspaper.
If the newspaper ball unravels or is shredded, the
blade has not properly stopped, resulting in an
unsafe operating condition. Contact an Authorized
Service Dealer.
To check for a problem with the blade brake clutch
system before it affects its normal operation, you can
perform the Special Test that follows.
Special Test
1. Follow steps 1 through 7 from the Normal Test.
2. Move the control bar down to its lowest position
(Position B in Figure 17).
3. Bring the control bar up into the middle position
about 5 inches (12.7 cm) below the handle cross bar
(Position C in Figure 18).
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Figure 16
Figure 17