Installing The Mower; Replacing The Grass Deflector - Toro 74425 Operator's Manual

The spring is under tension when
installed and can cause personal injury.
Be careful when removing the spring.
6. Route the new belt around the engine pulley
and mower pulleys (Figure 49).
7. Pull the idler pulley in the direction shown
in Figure 49 and route the belt onto the idler
pulley (Figure 49).
8. Rotate the belt guide, on the idler arm, towards
the pulley until it stops (Figure 49).
9. Tighten the belt guide (Figure 49).
10. Install the belt covers over the outside spindles.

Installing the Mower

1. Park the machine on a level surface and
disengage the blade control switch.
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. Slide the mower under the machine.
4. Lower the height-of-cut lever to the lowest
position.
5. Attach the adjusting rod to the machine with
the washer and hairpin cotter (Figure 48) on
each side of the mower.
6. Slide the leveling brackets onto the mounting
pins and secure them with the washers and
hairpin cotters (Figure 48).
7. Attach the front support rods to the machine
with the clevis pins and hairpin cotters
(Figure 47).
8. 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. Locate items shown in Figure 50.
2. Remove the nut (3/8 inch) from the rod under
the mower (Figure 50).
3. Slide the rod out of the short stand-off,
internal lock washer, spring, and grass deflector
(Figure 50). Remove the damaged or worn
grass deflector.
4. Replace the grass deflector and internal lock
washer (Figure 50).
5. Slide rod, straight end, through the rear grass
deflector bracket.
6. Place the spring on the rod, with end wires
down, and between the grass deflector brackets.
Slide rod through second grass deflector
bracket and internal lock washer (Figure 50).
7. Insert rod at front of grass deflector into short
stand-off on deck. Secure rear end of rod into
the mower with a nut (3/8 inch) (Figure 50).
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.
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