Bolens 140-830A - Manual (Page 8)

2. Place the washer with the cupped side down
over the steering column and secure with a
hex nut 5/16".
3. Place the cap over the center of the steering
wheel and seat it with your hand.
TIRE PRESSURE
The tires have been over-inflated for shipping.
Reduce the rear wheel tire pressure to 15 p.s.i. for
operation. Equal tire pressure should be maintain­
ed on ail tires. Maximum tire pressure is 30 p.s.i.
ATTACHING THE CUTTING DECK
(Deck may be optional.)
Deck Assembly Screw Pack
4 Flat Washers 1/2" I.D.
1 Small Cotter Hairpin
4 Medium Cotter Hairpins
2 Large Cotter Hairpins
2 Deck Wheels
2 Shoulder Bolts
2 Belleville Washers
1. Assemble the deck wheels. Place wheel on
the shoulder bolt, then the belleville washer
(crown side against the wheel). Secure to
wheel pivot bar, using a %" wrench. See il­
lustration on page 32.
2. Remove the round belt keeper from the idler
by removing the cotter hairpin. (See figure 5.)
3. Unscrew the “L” bolt and swing the wire belt
guard on the engine pulley forward.
FIGURE 5.
4. Adjust the deck wheels to their lowest cutting
position.
5. Move the tractor lift handle all the way back to
the full raised position.
6 . Turn the tractor steering wheel all the way to
the left.
7. Slide the deck under the tractor from the left
side.
8 . Attach the four tractor hanger brackets to the
deck with four 1/2" I.D. washers and four
medium cotter hairpins. (See figure 6 .)
NOTE
The left front tractor hanger bracket
goes through the center of the
V-belt.
FIGURE 6.
9. Assemble the front cross bar as shown in
figure 7 using two large cotter hairpins to at­
tach the deck linkage to the tractor frame.
Large Cotter
Hairpin
Large Cf'**
.Hair
FIGURE 7.
10. Place the deck belt around the engine pulley
and idler. (See figure 8 .)