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Adjusting the Neutral
Control Linkages
WARNING
The engine must be running when you
perform the control linkage adjustments.
Contact with moving parts or hot surfaces
may cause personal injury.
Keep your hands, feet, face, clothing and
other body parts away from rotating parts,
muffler and other hot surfaces.
WARNING
Mechanical or hydraulic jacks may fail to
support machine and cause a serious injury.
• Use jack stands when supporting machine.
• Do not use hydraulic jacks.
1.
Park the machine on a level surface, disengage
the PTO, and engage the parking brake.
2.
Shut off the engine, remove the key, and wait
for all moving parts to stop before leaving the
operating position.
3.
Raise the rear of the machine onto jack stands
to raise the drive wheels off the ground.
4.
Disengage the parking brake.
5.
Start the engine and move the throttle to the full
throttle position.
6.
Place the neutral locks in the full forward
position and move the speed-control lever to the
medium-speed position.
7.
Hold OPC levers down.
Note:
Hold the OPC levers down whenever
the speed-control lever is out of the N
position or the engine will shut off.
WARNING
The electrical system does not
perform proper safety shut off with the
operator-presence control (OPC) levers
held down in place.
• Make sure that the operator-presence
control (OPC) levers are working
when adjustment is completed.
• Never operate this unit with the
operator-presence control (OPC)
levers held down in place.
8.
Squeeze 1 drive lever until you feel an increased
resistance. This is the N
Note:
end of the neutral lock slot. If you have, shorten
the control lever linkage. Refer to Adjusting the
Control Rod.
9.
If the wheel turns while holding the drive lever in
the N
adjustment
go to step 12.
10.
Loosen the nut against the neutral control
linkage yoke
11.
Adjust the neutral control linkage until the
respective drive wheel stops while the drive lever
is pulled against the neutral spring (N
position)
12.
Turn the adjusting bolt approximately 1/4 turn
clockwise if the wheel is turning in reverse or turn
the bolt approximately 1/4 turn counter-clockwise
if the wheel is turning forward
13.
Release the drive lever to the forward drive
position and squeeze back into the N
position. Check to see if the wheel stops. If not,
repeat the above adjustment procedure.
14.
After adjustments are made, tighten the nuts
against the yokes.
15.
Repeat this procedure for the opposite side.
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1. Neutral control linkage
2. Yoke
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Make sure that you have not reached the
, the neutral control linkages need
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(Figure
34). If the wheel stops then
(Figure
34).
(Figure
34).
Figure 34
3. Adjusting bolt
4. Nut
position.
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(Figure
34).
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