Cutting Unit System Maintenance; Blade Safety; Checking The Reel-To-Bedknife Contact; Backlapping The Cutting Units - Toro Reelmaster 3100-D Operator's Manual

Cutting Unit System
Maintenance

Blade Safety

A worn or damaged blade or bedknife can break, and
a piece could be thrown toward you or bystanders,
resulting in serious personal injury or death.
•
Inspect the blades and bedknives periodically for
excessive wear or damage.
•
Use care when checking the blades. Wear gloves
and use caution when servicing them. Only
replace or backlap the blades and bedknives;
never straighten or weld them.
•
On machines with multiple cutting units, take care
when rotating a cutting unit; it can cause the reels
in the other cutting units to rotate.
Checking the
Reel-to-Bedknife Contact
Service Interval: Before each use or daily
Check the reel-to-bedknife contact even if the quality
of cut had been acceptable previously. There must
be light contact across the full length of the reel and
bedknife; refer to Adjusting Reel to Bedknife in the
cutting unit operator's manual.
Backlapping the Cutting
Units
WARNING
Contact with the cutting units or other moving
parts can result in personal injury.
• Keep your fingers, hands, and clothing
away from the cutting units and other
moving parts.
• Never attempt to turn the cutting units by
hand or foot while the engine is running.
Note:
Additional instructions and procedures on
backlapping are available in the Toro Reel Mower
Basics (with sharpening guidelines), Form 09168SL.
Preparing the Machine
1. Prepare the machine for maintenance; refer to
Preparing for Maintenance (page
2. Make the initial reel-to-bedknife adjustments
appropriate for backlapping; refer to the cutting
unit Operator's Manual.
3.
4.
1. Backlap control
Lapping the Reels and Bedknife
DANGER
Changing the engine speed while backlapping
may cause the cutting units to stall.
• Never change the engine speed while
backlapping
• Backlap only at idle engine speed.
Note:
control is in the backlap position. You do not need to
44). be in the seat, but the parking brake must be engaged
for the engine to run.
1.
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Lift the magnetically mounted console cover
(Figure 89) to expose the mower manifold.
Figure 89
Move the backlap lever to the R (backlap)
position (Figure 90).
Figure 90
The seat switch is bypassed when the backlap
Start the engine and allow it to run at low idle
speed.
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2. Reel speed control