Operator's Manual

ManualsBrandsToro ManualsLawn MowersTimeMaster 30 in. Briggs & Stratton Electric Start Walk-Behind Gas Self-Propelled Mower with Spin-Stop

RemovingtheBlades

Replacethebladeswhenthemachinehitsasolid

objectorwhenabladeisoutofbalanceorbent.Use

onlygenuineTororeplacementblades.

1.Useablockofwoodtoholdeachbladesteady

andturnthebladeboltcounterclockwiseas

showninFigure40.

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Figure40

2.RemoveeachbladeasshowninFigure41.

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Figure41

1.Spindle(2)3.Blade(2)

2.Bladedriver(2)4.Bladebolt(2)

3.Inspectthepinsonthebladedriversforwear

anddamage.

InstallingtheBlades

1.Installtherstbladesothatitishorizontal,along

withallmountinghardwareasshowninFigure

41.

Note:Tightentheboltwithyourngers.

Important:Positionthecurvedendsofthe

bladestopointtowardthemachinehousing.

Besuretonesttheraisedareasoneach

bladedriverwiththerecessesintheheadof

itscorrespondingspindle,andthepinson

theothersideofeachbladedriverwiththe

holesinitscorrespondingblade.

2.Steadyeachbladewithaboardandturnthe

bladeboltclockwisewithatorquewrenchas

showninFigure42;torquethebladeboltto82

N∙m(60ft-lb).

Important:Abolttorquedto82N∙m(60

ft-lb)isverytight.Putyourweightbehind

thewrenchandtightentheboltsecurely.

Thisboltisverydifculttoovertighten.

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Figure42

3.Rotatetheinstalledblade1/4turnuntilitis

vertical,andinstalltheotherbladeinthesame

mannerastherst(refertostep1).

Note:Thebladesshouldbeperpendicular,

forminganinverted“T”asshowninFigure43.

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