Installing The Mower; Replacing The Grass Deflector; Cleaning; Washing The Underside Of The Mower - Toro 74406 Operator's Manual

Installing the Mower

1. Park the machine on a level surface.
2. Disengage the blade control switch 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 51) 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 51).
8. Attach the front trunion rods to the tractor
with the clevis pins and hairpin cotters
(Figure 50).
9. Install the mower belt onto the engine pulley;
refer to Replacing the Mower Belt.
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 54).
Remove the damaged or worn grass deflector.
Figure 54
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 54).
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 54).
4. Secure the deflector to the mower bracket with
the bolts. The bolts should pass through the
grass deflector, springs, and brackets.
Note: It may be helpful to press down near
the end of the bolt with a 9/16 inch open end
wrench to align the bolts with the second holes
on the mower bracket and grass deflector.
5. Lift the grass deflector and check that it is
spring loaded and pivots freely to the full down
position.
Important: The grass deflector must be
spring loaded in the down position. Lift
the deflector up to test that it snaps to the
full down position.

Cleaning

Washing the Underside of
the Mower
After each use, wash the underside of the mower
to prevent grass buildup, for improved mulch
action, and clipping dispersal.
1. Park the machine on a hard level surface.
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4. Grass deector
5. Bolt
6. Locknut