Adjusting The Cutting Unit Pitch - Toro 30645 Operator's Manual

Figure 7
1. Tensioning cap
2. Spacers
3. Shims
Figure 8
6. Push the castor spindle through the castor arm.
7. Install the shims (as they were originally installed) and
the remaining spacers onto the spindle shaft.
8. Install the tensioning cap to secure the assembly.
9. Remove the hair-pin and clevis pin securing the
height-of-cut collar to the height-of-cut rod on the rear
of the cutting unit (Figure
4. Axle-mounting holes
5. Castor wheel
9).
1. Height-of-cut rod
2. Height-of-cut collar
10. Align the height-of-cut collar to the desired
height-of-cut holes on the height-of-cut rod
10).
11. Secure the adjustment with the clevis pin and hair-pin
cotter.
Note: Position the head of the clevis pin toward the
front of the deck, if possible.
Note: When using 25 mm (1 inch), 38 mm (1-1/2
inch), or occasionally 51 mm (2 inch) height of cut,
move the skids and roller to the highest holes.
Adjusting the Cutting Unit
Pitch
Cutting unit pitch is the difference in height of cut from the
front of the blade plane to the back of the blade plane. Toro
recommends a blade pitch of 13 mm (1/2 inch). That is the
13
Figure 9
3. Clevis pin and hairpin
cotter
Figure 10
(Figure