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8.
Install the washer and hairpin cotter
9.
Repeat steps
6
through
the machine.
10.
Check the side-to-side level again; repeat this
procedure until the measurements are correct.
11.
Continue leveling the mower deck by checking
the front-to-rear blade slope; refer to
the Front-to-Rear Blade Slope (page
Adjusting the Front-to-Rear Blade
Slope
1.
Rotate the adjustment nut in the front of the
mower
(Figure
64).
1. Adjusting rod
2. Adjusting block
2.
To raise the front of the mower, tighten the
adjustment nut.
Figure 63
(Figure
8
for the other side of
Checking
45).
Figure 64
3. Adjustment nut
3.
To lower the front of the mower, loosen the
adjustment nut.
4.
After adjustment, check the front-to-rear slope
again, continue adjusting the nut until the front
blade tip is 1.6 to 7.9 mm (1/16 to 5/16 inch)
lower than the rear blade tip; refer to
the Front-to-Rear Blade Slope (page
5.
When the front-to-rear blade slope is correct,
check the side-to-side level of the mower again;
refer to
Checking the Side-to-Side Level (page
45).
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Removing the Mower Deck
63).
1.
Park the machine on a level surface, disengage
the blade-control switch (PTO), and move the
motion-control levers outward to the P
position.
2.
Shut off the engine, remove the key, and wait
for all moving parts to stop before leaving the
operating position.
3.
Lower the height-of-cut lever to the lowest
position.
4.
Remove the hairpin cotter from the front support
rod, and remove the rod from the deck bracket
(Figure
65).
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1. Front support rod
2. Locking nut
5.
Carefully lower the front of the mower deck to
the ground.
47
Checking
45).
Figure 65
3. Deck bracket
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