Maintenance
MotionControlLinkage
Adjustment
WARNING
Enginemustberunninganddrive
wheelsmustbeturningsomotioncontrol
adjustmentcanbeperformed.Contactwith
movingpartsorhotsurfacesmaycause
personalinjury
Keepngers,hands,andclothingclearof
rotatingcomponentsandhotsurfaces.
CAUTION
Raisingthemowerdeckforserviceor
maintenancerelyingsolelyonmechanical
orhydraulicjackscouldbedangerous.The
mechanicalorhydraulicjacksmaynotbe
enoughsupportormaymalfunctionallowing
theunittofall,whichcouldcauseinjury.
DoNotrelysolelyonmechanicalorhydraulic
jacksforsupport.Useadequatejackstands
orequivalentsupport
1.Thisadjustmentmustbemadewiththedrive
wheelsturning.Firstraisetheframeandblockup
sothatdrivewheelscanrotatefreely.
2.Removetheelectricalconnectionfromtheseat
safetyswitch,locateddirectlytotheleftoftheseat
switchassemblybesidethehydraulicoilreservoir.
3.Temporarilyinstallajumperwireacrossthe
terminalsintheconnectorofthemainwiring
harness.
4.Runtheunitatleast5minuteswiththedrive
leversatfullforwardspeedtobringhydraulic
systemoiluptooperatingtemperature.
5.Unhookseatlatchandtiltseatforward.
6.Loosenlocknutsfromtheballjointsateachend
oftheRHpumpcontrollinkage(Figure16).
Note:Thenutstotherearoftheunitoneach
rodhaveleft-handthreads.
Figure16
1.Turnbolthere
5.Endofslot
2.Reverseindicator
6.Loosenhere(right-hand
thread)
3.Loosenhere7.Turnheretoadjust
4.Yoke
8.Loosenhere(left-hand
thread)
7.Startengine.Brakemustbeengagedand
motioncontrolleversouttostartengine.
Operatordoesnothavetobeintheseat
becauseofthejumperwirebeingused.Run
engineatfullthrottleandreleasebrake.
8.Thereverseindicatorspringmustbecorrect
beforethefollowingadjustmentscanbemade.
SeetheReverseIndicatorAdjustmentsection.
Note:Themotioncontrolleverneedstobein
neutralwhilemakinganynecessaryadjustments.
9.Bringthemotioncontrolleverintotheneutral
position.AdjustRHpumpcontrolrodlength
byrotatingthedoublenutsontherodinthe
appropriatedirectionuntilthewheelsslightly
creepinreverse(Figure16).Movethemotion
controllevertothereversepositionandwhile
applyingslightpressuretothelever,allowthe
reverseindicatorspringtobringtheleversbackto
neutral.Thewheelmuststopturningorslightly
creepinreverse.
Theleftrodassemblycontrolstheleftwheeland
therightrodassemblycontrolstherightwheel.
10.AdjustmentfortheRHmotioncontrollever:
BringtheRHmotioncontrolleverintothe
neutralposition.
BringtheLHmotioncontrolleverintothe
neutralposition.AdjusttheLHpumpcontrolrod
lengthbyrotatingthetrackingadjustmentknobin
theappropriatedirectionuntilthewheelsslightly
creepinreverse.Movethemotioncontrollever
tothereversepositionandwhileapplyingslight
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