Full Product Manual

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SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE
Parking Brake Adjustment
If the tractor does not come to a complete stop when the control levers are moved
fully outward engaging the parking brake, or if the tractor’s rear wheels can roll
with the parking brake engaged (and the hydrostatic relief valve open), the brake
is in need of adjustment. See your authorized service dealer to have the brake
adjusted.
Deck Removal
Remove the tractor deck from the tractor as follows:
1. Move the tractor to a level surface, disengage the PTO, stop the engine, place
the RH and LH drive control levers fully outward into the park brake engaged
position.
2. There are two methods for removing the belt, to remove the belt by
releasing belt tension go on to step 3, to remove the belt by rolling the belt
off the PTO pulley skip ahead to step 4.
WARNING
Use caution to avoid pinching your fingers when rolling the belt off the
PTO pulley.
3. Release belt tension:
a. Using the deck lift pedal and knob,
raise the deck to the position that
provides the most horizontal run
of the belt between the deck idler
pulleys and the PTO pulley on the
bottom of the engine.
b. Remove the idler spring from the
wireframe spring hook on the right
side of the center of the deck. See
Figure 45.
4. Roll the belt off the PTO pulley:
a. Raise the deck to the position that provides the most horizontal run
of the belt between the deck idler pulleys and the PTO pulley on the
bottom of the engine.
b. Sitting behind the tractor facing forward, reach beneath the tractor
to grasp the belt at the front of the PTO pulley.
c. Pull the left side of the belt rearward and downward while manually
turning the PTO pulley to the right until the belt rides out onto the
edge of the lower sheave of the pulley.
Note: If pulling the right side of the belt, turn the pulley left.
d. While still holding
the PTO belt
(a) downward,
continue turning
the PTO pulley (b)
until the PTO belt
(a) is rolled off the
PTO pulley (b).
Refer to Figure 46.
e. Lower the deck
into the lowest
mowing position.
WARNING
The deck lift is spring-assisted and under tension. Injury can occur if
spring-assisted deck lift is released suddenly. Always use the multi-tool to
secure the deck lift in place. Do not attempt to use the deck lift pedal while
the deck is locked with the multitool in this way.
Figure 45
(a)
(b)
(a)
Figure 46
5. Use the deck lift pedal and deck lift knob to place the deck in the lowest
position and use the multi-tool
to lock the deck lift
components in place. There are
a pair of alignment holes by
the rear wheel on the left side
of the tractor (one on the
frame and one on the deck lift
arm) as shown in Figure 47.
Ensure tool is fully inserted
properly, locking the deck lift
arm in place to the frame.
6. Remove the two bow-tie
pins from the deck rods that
secure the front center lift link
brackets on the frame to the
front-center lift brackets on
the deck and pull the front end
of the rods out of place. See
Figure 48.
7. Remove the deck stabilizer bar
at the rear of the deck:
a. Remove the
bow-tie cotter
pin on the right
side of the bar
connecting
the bar with
the bracket on
the deck. See
Figure 49.
b. Remove the bow-
tie cotter pin on the
left side of the bar,
connecting the bar
with the bracket
on the frame. See
Figure 50.
8. Remove the bow-tie pin from the bottom clevis end of each deck height
adjust rod. There is one at the front and one at the rear on each side of the
deck. See Figure 51. (Left side shown).
Figure 51
9. Carefully maneuver the deck out from beneath the tractor.
Figure 47
Figure 48
Figure 49
Figure 50