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CAUTION: Blades are sharp. Protect

your hands with gloves and/or wrap blade
with heavy cloth.
2. Raise mower to its highest position.
3. At both sides of mower, position blade

at side and measure the distance

(A) from bottom edge of blade to the

ground. The distance should be the
same on both sides.

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• If front tip of blade is not 1/8" to 1/2"

lower than the rear tip, go to the front of

tractor.

• With an 11/16" or adjustable wrench,

loosen jam nut A several tums to clear
adjustment nut B.

With a 3/4" or adjustable wrench, turn
front link adjustment nut (B) clockwise

(Itighten) to raise the front of mower, or,

counterclockwise

(loosen) to lower the

front mower.

.4. If adjustment is necessary, see steps 2

and 3 in Visual Adjustment instructions
above.

5. Recheck measurements,

adjust if nec-

essary until both sides are equal.

FRONT-TO-BACK

ADJUSTMENT

IMPORTANT:

Deck must be level side-

to-side.
To obtain the best cutting results, the
mower blades should be adjusted so the
front tip is 1/8" to 1/2" lower than the rear
tip when the mower is in its highest posi-
tion.

CAUTION:. Blades are sharp. Protect

your hands with gloves and/or wrap blade
with heavy cloth.
• Raise mower to highest position.

Position any blade so the tip is pointing

straight forward. Measure distance (8)
to the ground at front and rear tip of the

blade.

9 .. Tum tractor steering wheel to the left

as far as it will go.

10. Slide mower out from under right side

of tractor.

TO INSTALL MOWER

Follow procedure described in "INSTALL
MOWER AND DRIVE BELT" in the As-

sembly section of this manual.

TO LEVEL MOWER
Make sure tires are properly inflated to

the PSI shown on tires.

Iftires are over

or under inflated, it may affect the appear-
ance of your lawn and lead you to think
the mower is not adjusted properly.

VISUAL SIDE-TO-SIDEADJUSTMENT

1. With all tires properly inflated and if

your lawn appears unevenly cut, de-
termine which side of mower is cutting

lower ..

NOTE: As desired, you can raise the low

side of mower or lower the high side.
2. Go to side of mower you wish to adjust.
3. With a 3/4" or adjustable wrench, turn

lift link adjustment

nut (A) to the left

to lower the mower, or, to the right to
raise the mower.

NOTE: Each full turn of adjustment nut will

change mower height about 3/16".
4. Test your adjustment

by mowing some

uncut grass and visually checking the
appearance.

Readjust, if necessary,

until you are satisfied with the results.

PRECISION SIDE-TO-SIDE

ADJUSTMENT

1. With all tires properly inflated, park

tractor on level ground or driveway.

We do not recommend using a garden

hose or pressure washer to clean your

tractor unless the engine and transmis-
sion are covered to keep water out. Water
in engine or transmission will shorten the
useful life of your tractor.

Use compressed

air or

leaf blower to remove grass,

leaves and trash from tractor and mower.

6. Go to either side of mower and discon-

nect mower suspension arm (A) from
chassis and rear lift link (C) from rear
mower bracket (D) - remove retainer

springs and washers.

7. Go to other side of mower and discon-

nect the suspension

arm and rear lift

link.

CAUTION: Aftenear

lift links are dis-

connected, the attachment lift lever will be
spring loaded. Have a tight grip on lift lever
when changing position of the lever.
8.

From right side of mower, disconnect

anti-sway bar (S) from right rear mower
bracket (D) - remove retainer spring
and washer and pull mower toward
you until the bar falls from the hole in
bracket.

TRACTOR

TO REMOVE MOWER

1. Place attachment clutch in "DISEN-

GAGED" position.

Lower attachment

lift lever to its lowest

position.

3. Disengage belt tension rod (K) from

lock bracket (L).

CAUTION: Belt tension rod is spring

loaded. Have a tight grip on rod and
release slowly.
4.

Remove mower belt from electric

clutch pulley (M).

5. Disconnect front link (E) from mower

- remove retainer spring and washer.

L).

WARNING:

TO AVOID SERIOUS ..

INJURV, BEFORE PERFORMING

ANY SER-

VICE OR ADJUSTMENTS:

1. Depress brake pedal fully and set parking brake.

Place attachment clutch

in "DISENGAGED"

position.

3. Turn ignition key to "STOP" and remove key.
4.

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.

CLEANING

• Clean engine, battery, seat, finish, etc.

of all foreign matter.

Keep finished surfaces and wheels free

of all gasoline, oil, etc.

• Protect painted surfaces with auto-

motive type wax.