Exmark QUEST 406 Operator's Manual page 62

Maintenance
1. Rod
2. Spring
3. Deflector assembly
2. Position the new discharge deflector assembly
with the bracket ends between the welded brackets
on the deck as shown in Figure 74.
3. Install the spring onto the straight end of the rod.
Position the spring on the rod as shown in so
the shorter spring end is coming from under the
rod before the bend and going over the rod as it
returns from the bend.
4. Lift the loop end of the spring and place it into
the notch on the deflector assembly bracket
(Figure 75).
Figure 74
4. Deck brackets
5. Spring installed over the
rod
1. Rod and spring
assembly installed
2. Loop end of the spring
installed into the notch in
the deflector bracket
5. Secure the rod and spring assembly by twisting it
so the short end of the rod can be placed behind
the front bracket welded to the deck (Figure 75).
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Important: The grass deflector must be
spring loaded in the down position. Lift the
deflector up to test that it snaps to the full
down position.
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Figure 75
3. Rod, short end, moved
behind mower bracket
4. Short end, retained by
mower bracket.
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