Spa (Single Point Adjustment) Spring Adjustment - Toro 5 Operator's Manual

Maintenance
3. If end play exists, proceeded as follows:
A. Loosen set screw securing bearing adjusting
nut to bearing housing located on the left
side of the cutting unit (Fig. 23).
B. Using a spanner wrench, slowly tighten the
reel bearing adjustment nut until no end
play of the reel exists. If adjusting nut does
not eliminate reel end play, replace reel
bearings.
Note: Reel bearings do not require pre–load.
Over tightening reel bearing adjuster
nut will damage reel bearings.
C. Retighten set screw securing bearing
adjusting nut to bearing housing.
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Figure 23
1. Set screw
20
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2. Bearing adjusting nut
SPA (Single Point Adjustment)
Spring Adjustment
If single point adjustment assembly (Fig. 24) is
removed for servicing, make sure spring is
compressed to a length of 1.25" (32 mm). This
adjustment is attained by tightening nut on SPA knob
shaft.
Note: SPA assembly has left-handed threads.
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Figure 24
1. Single point adjust
assembly
1.25"
(32mm)
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2. Adjusting nut