
Maintenance
Figure19
1.Motioncontrollever3.Fenderknob
2.Leftfender
3.Slidethefenderforwardandtwistupwardand
outwardtoremove.
4.Toadjusttheweighttransfersprings,fold
themowerdeckandfrontframeandlockin
serviceposition.SeeDeckManualforcomplete
instructions.
WARNING
Weighttransferspringsmayhavestored
energy.Removingtheweighttransfer
springswithoutreleasingthestoredenergy
cancauseseriousinjury.
Foldmowerdeckandfrontframeandlockin
servicepositiontoremovespringtensionand
releasestoredenergybeforeperformingany
maintenanceoradjustmentsontheweight
transfersprings.(SeeDeckManualforDeck
Raisinginstructions).
5.Removetheretainingringandwasherateither
endoftheweighttransferspringthatretainsitto
thetransferbellcrankpinsand/orweighttransfer
springanchorpins(seeFigure20).
6.Pullthespringoffoffrontorrearpinand
re-installintheouterhole,toreducethespring
force.Re-installthewasherandretainingring.
Figure20
Right-HandSideofUnitShown
1.Re-installspringinouter
holestoreducespring
tension.
3.Removee-ringand
washer.
2.Weighttransferspring.
7.Re-installtheleftfender.
8.Foradditionalweighttransferadjustment,repeat
steps4through7ontherightsideoftheunit.
RearCasterPivotBearings
Pre-LoadAdjustment
Removedustcapfromcasterandtightennylocnut
untilwashersareatandbackoff1/4ofaturn
toproperlysetthepre-loadonthebearings.If
disassembled,makesurethespringdiscwashersare
reinstalledasshowninFigure21.
Figure21
1.Springdiscwashers
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