Adjusting The Tow Bar Of The Mower; Converting The Pin Tow Bar To A Pintle Tow Bar - Toro Groundsmaster 1200 Series Operator's Manual

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Adjusting the Tow Bar of
the Mower
No Parts Required
Assessing the Job Site
Consider the following job site conditions to determine
the tow bar position of the mower:
•
Turf with hills and dips in the contour—set the tow
bar to a shorter length.
•
Turf that is primarily flat—set the tow bar to a
longer length.
Note:
You may need to try an intermediate position
tow-bar length when job site has a mixture of flat and
hilly areas.
Adjusting the Tow-Bar Length
Note:
The tow bar of the mower has 5 tow-bar
positions allowing you to adjust the length 20 cm (8
inches).
1. Remove the 2 flange locknuts, 2 capscrews,
and 2 washers that secure the hitch tube to the
receiver tube (Figure
1. Hitch tube
2. Capscrew
3. Washer
2. Adjust the position of the hitch tube in the
receiver tube according to the position that you
determined in Assessing the Job Site (page
3. Assemble the hitch tube to the receiver tube with
the flange locknuts, capscrews, and washers
that you removed in step 1.
4. Torque the nuts and capscrews to 91 to 113 N∙m
(67 to 83 ft-lb).
6).
Figure 6
4. Flange nut
5. Receiver tube
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Converting the Pin Tow Bar
to a Pintle Tow Bar
No Parts Required
Procedure
1. Remove the hairpin that secures the hitch pin to
the tow bar, and remove the hitch pin
g250236 1. Hitch pin
2. Hairpin
3. Pintle eye
4. Flange bushing
2. Remove the flange bushing from the pintle eye
(Figure 7).
3. Remove the 2 flange locknuts and 2 capscrews
8).
that secure the clevis bracket to the tow bar, and
remove the clevis bracket
Note:
Retain the hairpin, hitch pin, flange
locknuts, capscrews, and clevis bracket to
convert the pintle tow bar to a pin tow bar.
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(Figure
Figure 7
5. Flange locknut
6. Clevis bracket
7. Capscrew
(Figure 7).
7).
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