Toro 14AQ81RP848 Operator's Manual page 25

IMPORTANT:
When charging your tractor's battery,
use only a charger designed for 12V lead-acid batteries.
Read your battery charger's Owner's Manual prior to
charging your tractor's battery. Always follow its
instructions and heed its warnings.
If your tractor has not been put into use for an extended
period of time, charge the battery as follows:
1. Set your battery charger to deliver a maximum of 10
amperes.
2. If your battery charger is automatic, charge the
battery until the charger indicates that charging is
complete. If the charger is not automatic, charge for
no fewer than eight hours.
Cutting Deck Removal
To remove the cutting deck, proceed as follows:
• Place the PTO/Blade Engage knob in the
disengaged (OFF) position and engage the parking
brake.
• Lower the deck by moving the deck lift lever into the
bottom notch on the right fender.
• Remove the deck belt from around the tractor's
electric PTO clutch (refer to Changing the Deck Belt).
• Looking at the cutting deck from the left side of the
tractor, locate the deck support pin on the rear left
side of the deck.
• Rotate the pin slightly toward the rear of the tractor
and release it.
• Pull the deck support pin outward to release the
deck from the deck lift arm. See Figure 22.
• Repeat the above steps on the tractor's right side.
• Move the deck lift lever into the top notch to raise
the deck lift arms up and out of the way.
• Gently slide the cutting deck toward the front of the
tractor allowing the hooks on the deck to release
themselves from the deck stabilizer rod.
• Gently slide the cutting deck (from the right side) out
from underneath the tractor.
Support Pin
Figure 22
Changing the Deck Belt
WARNING:
remove ignition key, disconnect the spark plug
wire(s) and ground against the engine to
prevent unintended starting before removing
the belt(s).
WARNING:
pinching injury. Do not place your fingers on
the idler spring or between the belt and a
pulley while removing the belt.
All belts on your tractor are subject to wear and should
be replaced if any signs of wear are present.
The V-belts found on your tractor are
IMPORTANT:
specially designed to engage and disengage safely. A
substitute (non-OEM) V-belt can be dangerous by not
disengaging completely. For a proper working machine,
use factory approved belts.
To change or replace the deck belt on your tractor,
proceed as follows:
• Lower the deck by moving the deck lift lever into the
bottom notch on the right fender.
• Remove the belt guards by removing the self-
tapping screws that fasten them to the deck.
• To ease in removing the belt, loosen, but do not
remove, the bolt which secures the pivoting idler
pulley to the idler bracket. See Figure 23 ..
Pivoting Idler Pulley
Idler Bracket
Spring
• Insert a 3/8"-drive ratchet wrench (set to tighten)
into the square hole found in the idler bracket on the
left side of the deck's surface. See Figure 23 .
• Grasp the ratchet's handle and pivot it to relieve
tension on the belt.
• With belt tension relieved, carefully remove the
belt from around the left-hand spindle pulley.
Carefully allow the ratchet to pivot
IMPORTANT:
rearward before removing it from the square hole.
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Be sure to shut the engine off,
Avoid the possibility of a
Belt Guard
3/8" Square Hole
Figure 23