Premaintenance Procedures; Raising The Seat; Accessing The Engine; Accessing The Battery - Hayter RZT420H Operator's Manual

Premaintenance
Procedures

Raising the Seat

Make sure the motion control levers are locked in the
park position. Lift the seat forward.
The following components can be accessed by raising
the seat:
• Serial plate
• Service decal
• Seat adjustment knob
• Fuel filter
• Fuses
• Battery cables

Accessing the Engine

Components will be hot if the machine has
been running. If you touch hot components you
may be burned.
Allow the machine to cool before performing
maintenance or touching components under
the hood.
1. Pull the both of the engine cover retainer straps
down and away from the forward facing bends in
the cover rod (Figure 26).
Figure 26
2. Lift the engine cover away from the machine
(Figure 27) then move the cover rearward to
disengage the tab in the rear of the cover from the
engine guard.

Accessing the Battery

1. Raise the seat.
2. Remove the TORX
engine cover bracket to the left cover (Figure 28).
Remove the bracket and allow the cover rod to be
lowered.
1. Left cover
2. Bracket
3. Remove the TORX
the left cover to the frame as shown in Figure 29.
26
Figure 27
® head fastener retaining the
Figure 28
3. Cover rod
4. Torx head fastener (T25)
® head fasteners (T25) securing