Replacing The Grass Deflector - Toro TimeCutter MX3400T Operator's Manual

8. Attach the front support rod to the mower deck
with the clevis pin and hairpin cotter
9. Install the mower belt onto the engine pulley;
refer to Replacing the Mower Belt (page
Replacing the Grass
Deflector
Service Interval: Before each use or daily—Inspect
the grass deflector for damage.
WARNING
An uncovered discharge opening could allow
the machine to throw objects toward you or
bystanders, resulting in serious injury. Also,
contact with the blade could occur.
Never operate the machine unless you install
a mulch plate, discharge deflector, or grass
collection system.
1. Disengage the spring and slide the rod out of
the welded deck brackets, spring, and discharge
deflector (Figure
1. Rod
2. Spring
3. Deflector
2. Remove the damaged or worn discharge
deflector.
(Figure
76).
Figure 76
4. Deck brackets
5. Spring installed over the
rod
3. Position the new discharge deflector with the
74). bracket ends between the welded brackets on
the deck and install the rod and spring as shown
in Figure
43).
Note:
so that the shorter spring end comes from under
the rod before the bend and goes over the rod
as it returns from the bend.
4. Place the end of the rod in the notch of the
bracket
Important:
spring loaded in the down position. Lift the
deflector up to test that it snaps to the full
down position.
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76.
Position the spring on the rod as shown
(Figure 76).
The grass deflector must be