Cub Cadet 17AF4BFP009 Operator's Manual page 13

• Spread the connector lock tabs and disconnect the
safety interlock harness from the tractor harness.
• Remove the internal cotter pin and withdraw the clevis
pin locking the shock absorber handle rearward and
rotate the shock absorber pivot handle fully forward.
• Remove the internal cotter pin and withdraw the long
clevis pin to separate the shock absorber pivot handle
from the deck frame mounting brackets.
• From either side of the tractor, at the rear of the deck
frame, pull the release pin outward to disengage the
deck frame from the tractor. Turn the release pin slightly
so that it is held outward in the disengaged position.
See Figure 3-15.
Figure 3-15
• Grasp the shock absorber pivot handle and lift upward
off the deck frame mounting bracket. Hold the shock
absorber up while rolling the deck frame away from the
front of the tractor. Refer to Figure 3-9.
Installing the Mower Deck and Deck Frame
• Roll the deck frame around and over the top of the
mower deck so that the caster wheels are forward of
the front of the deck and the deck frame arms point
rearward over the top of the deck.
• Roll the deck and/or deck frame as necessary to place
the deck front hanger rod in the slots of the deck front
hanger bracket. Roll the deck rearward so that the hang-
er rod is at the front of the slots. Refer to Figure 3-16.
Figure 3-16
• Maneuver the deck frame as necessary to align the deck
frame lift arms with the slots in the hitch brackets on the
rear of the mower deck. Refer to Figure 3-17.
• On either side of the deck, pull and hold the deck sup-
port pin in the hitch bracket outward. Refer to Figure
3-17.
• Lift the deck frame and align the forward-most of the
two rear holes of the lift arm with the deck support
pin; then lower the hitch arm into the slot of the hitch
bracket. Align the lift arm hole with the support pin and
release the pin so that its spring tension pushes the pin
fully through the lift arm. See Figure 3-17.
Figure 3-17
• Move to the other side of the deck and attach the other
lift arm to the deck hitch bracket in the same manner.
• Align the deck and deck frame with the front of the trac-
tor. Lift the shock absorber handle and carefully roll the
deck frame/deck rearward to the tractor frame.
• Make certain the deck frame aligns with the receiver
brackets on each side of the frame; then push the deck
frame rearward onto the outside of the receiver brack-
ets. Maneuver the deck frame as necessary to engage
the release pins fully through the receiver bracket holes.
Refer to Figure 3-10.
• Install the shock absorber pivot handle on the outside
of the mounting brackets on the deck frame. Align
the forward holes of the pivot handle and mounting
brackets, insert the long clevis pin and secure with the
internal cotter pin removed when removing the deck
frame. See Figure 3-11.
• Pivot the shock absorber pivot handle fully rearward
and align the rearward hole on the right front of pivot
handle with the rear hole of the right mounting bracket.
Insert the short clevis pin and secure with the internal
cotter pin removed during the removal procedure. Refer
to Figure 3-12.
• Connect the safety harness to the tractor harness. Refer
to Figure 3-13.
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