Operator's Manual

ReplacingtheBlades
RemovingtheBladesfromtheShaft
1.Securetheendoftheverticuttershaftthathasonly1
washerand1nutinavise.
2.Onotherendoftheshaft,rotatethenut
counterclockwiseandremovethenut.
WARNING
Thebladesareextremelysharpandmayhave
burrsthatwillcutyourhands.
Usecautionwhenremovingthebladesfrom
theshaft.
3.Removethesmallspacer,thewasher,theblades,and
thelargespacers.
Important:Donotinverttheverticutterreelblades
whendisassemblingorreversetheorderwhen
assemblingthem.Notetheverticutterbladesindex
hole.Theindexholeisprovidedforassemblyinorderto
obtaintheproperhelixfortheverticutterreel.
InstallingtheBlades
1.Cleanandlubricatethesquareshaftwithalightcoating
ofgrease.
2.Installablade.
3.Installaspacer.
Important:Donotinvertthebladeswhen
installingthemontheshaft.Ifthebladesare
inverted,thebladesthatareinuse(rounded)will
bemixedwiththesharpendsofthebladesthat
werenotinuse.Thiswillcauseunsatisfactory
performanceintheverticutterreelunit.Pay
closeattentionwhenremovingandinstallingthe
verticutterblades.
4.Installthenextbladeclockwisesothattheindex
referencehole(Figure18)isnotalignedwiththerst
bladeholeby1atoftheshaft.
Figure18
1.Indexreferencehole
5.Continuetoinstallspacersandbladesinthismanner
untilthefullcomplementofbladeshavebeeninstalled.
Note:Whenproperlyassembled,thebladesare
staggeredinsuchamannerastoappearlikeahelix.
6.Installthesmallspacertotheshaft.
7.ApplyblueLoctite242tothenut.
8.Installthenutontotheshaft,(machinedsideofthenut
towardthespacer)andtightenitto108to136N∙m
(80to100ft-lb).
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