Care & maintenance, Deck removal – Dixon 13782-0503 User Manual

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DECK REMOVAL:

1. Place cut height lever in lowest cut position.

2. Pull belt idler back to allow belt to be removed from idler

pulley and electric clutch pulley.

3. Remove hair pin cotter and washer from one end of deck

support cross shaft. Note location of remaining shim washers

used between chassis and mower deck plates. Slide shaft from

chassis and mower deck.

4. Remove hair pin cotter and washer from each deck L-rod.

Remove L-rods from lift arms. At this point, deck will drop

down.

5. Carefully raise and support front of chassis. Slide mower deck

to either side for removal. (Reverse procedure to reinstall deck

assembly.)

NOTE:

When deck is reinstalled on frame, check that belt is

correctly routed in the grooves of all pulleys and that

belt idler is applying tension to the back side of the

belt.

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