Installing The Mower; Adjusting The Front-To-Rear Blade Slope - Toro 74560 Operator's Manual

3. Set the parking brake.
4. Stop the engine and wait for all moving parts to stop.
5. Remove the ignition key.
6. Disconnect the wire from the spark plug.
7. Move the height-of-cut lever to the lowest position.
8. If the mulch plug is installed, remove it; refer to
Removing the Mulch Plug.
9. Remove the belt from the clutch pulley (Figure 42).
1. Links
2. Front linkage
10. Remove the 2 bolts and nuts from the front linkage,
and pull apart the front linkage to remove it from the
machine.
11. Remove the pins from the 4 rear links and remove the
links from the tractor (Figure 42).
Note: You can leave the links attached to the mower
as shown in (Figure 42).
12. Lift up on the mower end of the discharge chute to free
the mower from the notches in the discharge chute.
13. Pull the mower deck out from under the left side of
the machine.

Installing the Mower

Reverse the procedure for Removing the Mower.
Adjusting the Front-to-Rear
Blade Slope
Check the front-to-rear blade slope whenever you install the
mower.
Figure 42
3. Belt—indicated at the
point around clutch pulley
(not shown)
1. Measure the distance between the front tip of the left
blade and the flat surface (Figure 43). Repeat for the
rear tip of the left blade.
Top and side views of mower housing
1. Blades front to rear
2. Front tip of left blade
Note: The distance from the front tip of the left blade
to the flat surface should be approximately 6 mm (1/4
inch) lower than the distance from the rear tip of the
left blade and the flat surface. If so, go to Leveling the
Mower from Side-to-Side. Otherwise, go to the next
step.
2. To obtain the proper height distance between the front
and rear tips of the left blade, adjust the length of the
linking rod (located on the left side of the machine)
(Figure 44).
View from left side of machine
1. Linking rod
Note: Shorten the linking rod to decrease the blade
slope; extend the linking rod to increase the blade slope.
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Figure 43
3. Measure here
4. Rear tip of left blade
Figure 44
2. Nuts