Cutter Head Troubleshooting Chart - Toro 51603 Maintenance And Repair Manual

of
Difficulty
Reduced cutting
ability
Cutting line fails
to advance
Cutting line pulls
back into drum (or
tangles)
Line spool fails
to turn
TROUBLESHOOTING AND
TEST PROCEDURES
CUTTER HEAD TROUBLESHOOTING
RPM
too
low
Clutch fails to
engage
Clutch fails
to
disengage at idle
speed
RPM
too high
Binding
Not seated in
engine
or
cutting unit
Not seated in
engine or
cutting unit
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Bearing seized
Cutting line Clutch slipping
too short,
won't index
Driver broken,'
line swelled
from moisture,
dirty, line
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tangled
Cutting line not
indexed often
enough or prior
to engine shut
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Driver
or drum
Bearing grease
broken on clutch drum
Power shaft
snap ring out of
groove (some
models), clutch
spring broken
Unbalanced
cutting unit,
bearings worn,
dirt
accumulation
Incorrect
assembly
Incorrect
assembly
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