Adjustments - Toro Greensmaster
Flex 18 04018 Service Manual

3. Apply grease to the bore of the bearing housing.
Install shaft with bearings and spacer into housing and
secure with retaining ring.
4. Fill small cavity between outer bearing and seal loca-
tion in bearing housing approximately half full of Mobil
High Temperature XHP–222 grease (or equivalent)
(Fig. 8).
5. Pack rear cavity of oil seal with Mobil High Tempera-
ture XHP–222 grease (or equivalent) (Fig. 8). Install oil
seal into housing.
NOTE: When installing flex coupler onto shaft, do not
mar outer surface of coupler (e.g. grasping with pliers or
mounting in vise) as coupler may be damaged and fail
prematurely.
6. Slide coupler onto shaft and secure with new spring
pin.
Installation
1. Park machine on a level surface. Make sure engine
is OFF. Remove spark plug wire from the spark plug.
2. Position bearing housing with shaft and coupler to
the plate assembly.
3. Place both carriage screws through the bearing
housing and plate. Install washers and flange nuts on
carriage screws. Do not fully tighten flange nuts at this
time.
4. Position spacer onto shaft. Place woodruff key into
shaft keyslot.
5. Apply antiseize lubricant to the bore of the pulley and
install pulley onto shaft:
A. Left side pulley uses a pulley washer.
B. Right side pulley should be installed with the
flange outward.
NOTE: Do not grasp hex shaft when tightening flange
nut that secures pulley as flex coupler may be damaged
and fail prematurely.
6. Secure the pulley to the shaft with flange nut. Torque
flange nut from 40 to 50 ft–lb (54 to 68 N–m).
Traction and Reel Drive System
7. Install reel drive belt to the reel drive assembly and
adjust belt (see Reel Drive and Transmission Coupler
Drive Belt Replacement in this section). Make sure that
bearing housing flange nuts are securely tightened after
drive belt adjustment.
8. Install reel drive belt cover and secure with flange
nut. Torque flange nut 100 in–lb (11.3 N–m).
9. Attach cutting unit to the traction unit (see Separating
Cutting Unit From Traction Unit in the General Informa-
tion section of Chapter 7 – Cutting Unit).
10.Connect spark plug wire to spark plug.
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1. Bearing housing (LH)
Mobil High Temp
XHP–222 Grease
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Mobil High Temp
XHP–222 Grease
1. Shaft
2. Bearing
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Figure 7
2. Carriage screw
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Figure 8
3. Seal
Greensmaster Flex 18/21