Service And Adjustments; To Remove Mover; To Level Mower Housing/Install Mower; Side-To-Side Adjustment - Craftsman EZ3 917.272960 Owner's Manual

_CAUTION: Before performing any service or adjustments:
• Depress clutch/brake pedal fully and set parking brake.
• Place motion control lever in neutral (N) position.
• Place attachment clutch in "DISENGAGED" position.
• Turn ignition key "OFF" and remove key.
• Make sure the blades and all moving parts have completely stopped.
• Disconnect spark plug wire from spark plug and place wire where it cannot
come in contact with plug.
TRACTOR
TO REMOVE MOWER
• Place attachment clutch in "DISEN-
GAGED" position.
• Turn height adjustment knob to lowest
setting.
• Lower mower to its lowest position.
• Remove retainer spring holding anti-
swaybar to chassis bracket and
disengage anti-swaybar from bracket.
,* Remove retainer springs from suspen-
sion arms at deck and disengage arms
from deck.
• Raise attachment lift to its highest
position.
• Remove two retainer springs from
each front link and remove links.
• Slide mower forward and remove belt
from etectric crutch puttey.
• Slide mower out from under right side
of tractor.
IMPORTANT: If an attachment other
than the mower deck is to be mounted
on the tractor, remove hie front links.
TO INSTALL MOWER
Follow procedure described in "INSTALL
MOWER AND DRIVE BELT" in the
Assembly section of this manual.
Adiustment Nuts Lift
Links
Chassis Arms
Bracket _.
TO LEVEL MOWER HOUSING
Adjust the mower while tractor is parked
on level ground or driveway. Make sure
tires are properly inflated (See =PROD-
UCT SPECIFICATIONS" on page 3 of
this manual). If tires are over or
underinflated, you will not properly
adjust your mower.
SIDE-TO-SIDE ADJUSTMENT
• Raise mower to its highest position.
• Measure height from bottom of deck
curl to ground level at front corners of
mower. Distance "A" on both sides of
mower should be the same.
• If adjustment is necessary, make
adjustment on one side of mower only.
• To raise one side of mower, tighten lift
link adjustment nut on that side.
• To lower one side of mower, loosen lift
link adjustment nut on that side.
NOTE: Each full turn of adjustment nut
will change mower height about 3/16".
• Recheck measurements after adjust-
ing.
Front
Mower Electric
Bracket
Retainer Spring/
Anti-Sway Ba=
Retainer Spring_
Retainer
Spring
Mower
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