Installing The Speed Control Rod - Exmark VIKING HYDRO Setup Instructions

1. Throttle control lever
2. Throttle cable — Located
on bottom side of clamp.
Install the PTO Engagement
Linkage
1. Install the blade engagement linkage to the bell crank
on the Left Hand side of the engine deck.
2. Insert the rod through the hole from the outside and
fasten with cotter hairpin (Figure 4).
1. Speed control rod
assembly
2. PTO engagement linkage

Installing the Speed Control Rod

1. Locate the speed control rod assembly with a yoke
at one end.
2. Insert the end of the linkage opposite the yoke into
the end of the speed control lever located underneath
Figure 3
3. Clamp
4. Choke cable
Figure 4
3. Bell crank
the handle console from the right hand side and
fasten with a hairpin from the bolt bag (Figure 4).
3. Connect the lower end of the speed control linkage
to the speed control crank located at the top rear of
the fuel tank support. Secure with a clevis pin and
3/32 x 1/2 inch cotter pin.
Installing the Wheel Drive
Linkages
1. Position the speed control lever in neutral.
2. Position the drive levers in neutral and engage the
neutral lock latches (Figure 5).
3. Thread a 3/8-24 inch LH jam nut, from the bolt bag,
onto the lower end of each drive lever linkage.
4. Identify the lower ball joints installed on the hydro
control arm weldments. Thread the lower end of
each drive lever linkage into the lower ball joint until
the hole in upper ball joint aligns with hole in drive
lever.
5. Install a 5/16-18 x 1 3/4 inch hex cap screw and
a 5/8-18 inch nyloc nut on each side and tighten.
This will give an approximate setting for drive lever
linkages.
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