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6.Re-securerollerbracketandspacerstounderside
ofsideplatemountingangeswithnutspreviously
removed.
7.Verifythatbedknifetoreelcontactiscorrect.Tip
mowertoexposefrontandrearrollersandbedknife.
Note:Thepositionoftherearrollertothe
reeliscontrolledbythemachiningtolerances
oftheassembledcomponentsandparallelingis
notrequired.Alimitedamountofadjustmentis
possiblebysettingthecuttingunitonasurface
plateandlooseningthesideplatemountingcap
screws(Figure11).Adjustandretightencapscrews.
Torquethecapscrewsto27-33ft-lb.
Figure11
1.Sideplatemountingcapscrews
HeightofCutChartTerms
HeightofCutSetting(HOC)
ThedesiredHeightofCut.
AggressivenessofCut
CuttingunitAggressivenessofCuthasasignicant
impactontheperformanceofthecuttingunit.
AggressivenessofCutreferstotheangleofthe
bedkniferelativetotheground(Figure12).
Thebestcuttingunitsetupisdependentonyour
turfconditionsanddesiredresults.Experiencewith
thecuttingunitonyourturfwilldeterminethebest
settingtouse.Aggressivenessofcutmaybeadjusted
throughoutthecuttingseasontoallowforvariousturf
conditions.
Ingeneral,lesstonormalaggressivesettingsare
moreappropriateforwarmseasongrasses(Bermuda,
Paspalum,Zoysia)whilecoolseasongrasses(Bent,
Bluegrass,Rye)mayrequirenormaltomoreaggressive
setups.Moreaggressivesetupscutmoregrassoffby
allowingthespinningreeltopullmoregrassupinto
thebedknife.
Figure12
1.Rearspacers
3.Aggressivenessofcut
2.Sideplatemountingange
RearSpacers
Thenumberofrearspacersdeterminesthe
aggressivenessofcutforthecuttingunit.Foragiven
heightofcut,addingspacers,belowthesideplate
mountingange,increasestheaggressivenessofthe
cuttingunit.Allcuttingunitsonagivenmachinemust
besettothesameaggressivenessofcut(Numberof
rearspacers,partno.106-3925),otherwisetheafter-cut
appearancecouldbenegativelyaffected(Figure12).
ChainLinks
Thelocationatwhichtheliftarmchainisattached
determinestherearrollerpitchangle(Figure13).
Figure13
1.Liftchain
3.Bottomhole
2.UBracket
Groomer
Thesearetherecommendedheightofcutsettings
whenagroomerkitisinstalledonthecuttingunit.
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