Ryobi ACRM019 Manual

FOR USE WITH RY48140/RY48141
RYOBI ELECTRIC 54 IN. ZERO TURN LAWN MOWER
WARNING:
To reduce the risk of injury, user must read and under-
stand the operator's manual for their riding lawn mower
before using this accessory. Save these instructions.
Refer to them frequently and use them to instruct other
users. If you loan someone this product, loan them these
instructions also.
INSTALLING BLADES
See Figures 1 - 2.
WARNING:
Only use replacement blades and blade bolts authorized
by the manufacturer of your riding mower. Unauthorized
blades and/or blade bolts could break, allowing the blade
to come loose, resulting in possible serious personal
injury and damage to the mower.
NOTE: Make certain all parts are replaced in the exact order
in which they were removed.
 Move the mower to a level surface. Make sure drive levers
are in open position and blade engage knob is down.
 Stop the motor, remove the start key, and set the parking
brake.
 Raise the height of the cutting deck to its highest position
to allow access to blades.
NOTE: If necessary, raise the mower by placing on a lift
or using a jack and jack stands to gain access to the
blades.
WARNING:
If raising the mower to access the blades, make sure the
mower is properly secured and the parking brake is set
before proceeding. Failure to properly secure the mower
could cause it to fall, resulting in death or possible seri-
ous personal injury.
 Wedge a block of wood between the blade and mower
deck to prevent the blade from turning.
 Loosen the blade nut by turning it counterclockwise (as
viewed from bottom of mower) using a 15 mm wrench or
socket (not provided).
 Remove the blade nut, spring washer, and blade.
 Place the new blade on the shaft against the correspond-
ing blade posts. Ensure blade is properly seated with shaft
going through center blade hole and the two blade posts
ACRM019
REPLACEMENT BLADES
WRENCH
BLOCK OF WOOD
BLADE
CIRCLE HOLE
BLADE
NUT
English
BLADE
BLADE
CIRCLE
POST
SHAFT
BLADE HALF
CIRCLE POST
CIRCLE
CENTER
BLADE
HOLE
SPRING
WASHER
Fig. 1
BLADE
HALF
HOLE
BLADE
Fig. 2