Use and Care Manual

36BS, 36BDS
15
Rev: Mar2011
STANLEY
®
Brush Mower
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 Before making any adjustments or servicing
your brush mower, make sure the brush mower is on
level ground, the blades are disengaged, the key is
removed, the engine is o and the spark plug wires
are disconnected from the spark plugs to prevent
accidental contact. If maintenance or adjustments are
being performed aer operaon of the brush mower,
allow the unit to cool since heat build up could cause
severe burns.
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1. Remove the deck cover and move the blade
control lever on the control console to the ON
posion.
2. With approximately 10 pounds of pressure, push
the clutch pulley to ghten the belt. The linkage
should stop approximately 1 inch before
contacng the stop bolt. If the belt moves more
than ½-inch, move the blade control lever back to
the OFF posion.
3. Loosen locking nut.
4. Rotate turnbuckle unl desired tension is achieved
(approximately 1 inch from stop bolt)..
5. Tighten locking nut when nished.
6. Replace deck cover.
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Turnbuckle
Locking nut
IMPORTANT! The brush mower blades do NOT stop
quickly. Visual indicaon that the blades are turning
is provided at the center of the belt guard. DO NOT
approach the brush mower deck for service,
cleaning, removing debris, or for any other reason
unl aer the visual warning disk has stopped
completely. Even at slow speeds the blades can
cause serious injury or death.
Stop Bolt
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1. The engine-to-hydrostac drives belt is located
underneath the rear deck. The belt should move
approximately 5/16-inch to 3/4-inch with three
(3) to ve (5) pounds of pressure applied to the
belt midway between the transmission pulley and
the engine output sha pulley.
When installing a new belt, the tension should be
higher than the running tension. It is not
necessary to keep the belt at the greatest
(smallest deecon) tension during normal
operaon.  Do not over-ghten the
belt.
2. To adjust the
belt, turn the
nut on the
threaded
tension rod
found on the
right, rear
corner of the
mower.
3. Do not over-ghten. This could cause serious
damage to the hydraulic drive systems.