Adjustment Before Work; Adjustment Of Seat; Adjustment Of Blade Engagement - Baroness LM180E Owner's Operating Manual

Adjustment before Work

Adjustment of Seat

Use the seat adjustment lever to adjust the
seat back and forth.
Adjust the position according to the operator's
body size.
The adjustment lever is located under the front
side of the seat.
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1 Seat
2 Adjustment lever

Adjustment of Blade Engagement

Warning
Make sure that the parking brake is firmly
applied before performing the operation.
Caution
Be sure to perform this operation on your own.
Caution
When handling the reel cutter (cutting
cylinder) or bed knife (bottom blade), wear
gloves to protect your hands.
Pay attention not to let the reel cutter (cutting
cylinder) catch your gloves. Otherwise, you
may injure your hand or fingers.
1. Stop the engine.
2. Raise all the mower units.
3. Remove the belts in the right, left and rear
mower units.

Adjustment before Work

4. With the nuts A and B, adjust the
engagement between the reel cutter (cutting
cylinder) and the bed knife (bottom blade) so
that newspaper (two to three sheets) will be
cut by the edge of both blades when the
blades in their entirety come slightly into
contact with each other.
5. Insert two or three strips of newspaper into
the space between the reel cutter (cutting
cylinder) and the bed knife (bottom blade) at
an angle of 90 degrees. Then, rotate the reel
cutter (cutting cylinder) counter-clockwise
(when you face the mower unit from the left)
by hand to check the sharpness of the
blades.
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Check the sharpness of the entire range
(three or four points) of the reel cutter
(cutting cylinder).
If a gap is created between edges:
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[1] Loosen the lock nut and slightly loosen
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nut B.
[2] Contact the reel cutter (cutting cylinder)
and bed knife (bottom blade) slightly,
then tighten nut A.
If the reel cutter (cutting cylinder) is too
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tight to turn:
[1] Loosen the lock nut and slightly loosen
nut A.
[2] Reduce the contact pressure between
the reel cutter (cutting cylinder) and bed
knife (bottom blade) , then tighten nut B.
If the blades still cannot cut well:
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Perform back lapping of the reel cutter
(cutting cylinder).
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Handling Instructions
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1 Lock nut
2 Nut A
3 Nut B
4 Reel cutter (Cutting cylinder)
5 Bed knife (Bottom blade)
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