Operator's Manual

WARNING
Awornordamagedacceleratorcanbreak,anda
pieceoftheacceleratorcouldbethrownatyouor
bystanders,resultinginseriouspersonalinjuryor
death.
•Inspecttheacceleratorperiodicallyforwearor
damage.
•Replaceawornordamagedaccelerator.
RemovingtheBlade
1.Grasptheendofthebladeusingaragorathickly
paddedglove.
2.Removethebladebolt,thelockwasher,theaccelerator,
andtheblade(Figure25).
SharpeningtheBlade
ServiceInterval:Every50hours—Sharpenorreplacethe
blade.Maintainitmorefrequentlyifthe
edgedullsquicklyinroughorinsandy
conditions.
Filethetopsideofthebladetomaintainitsoriginalcutting
angle(Figure27A)andinnercuttingedgeradius(Figure
27B).Thebladewillremainbalancedifyouremovethesame
amountofmaterialfrombothcuttingedges.
Figure27
1.Sharpenthebladeatthis
angleonly.
2.Maintaintheoriginalradius
here.
BalancingtheBlade
1.Checkthebalanceofthebladebyplacingthecenter
holeofthebladeoveranailorscrewdrivershank
clampedhorizontallyinavise(Figure28).
Figure28
Note:Youcanalsocheckthebalanceusinga
commerciallymanufacturedbladebalancer.
2.Ifeitherendofthebladerotatesdownward,lethat
end(notthecuttingedgeortheendnearthecutting
edge)untilneitherendofthebladedrops.
InstallingtheBlade
1.Installasharp,balancedToroblade,theaccelerator,the
lockwasher,andthebladebolt.Thesailoftheblade
mustpointtowardthetopofthemowerhousingfor
properinstallation.
Note:Torquethebladeboltto68N-m(50ft-lb).
WARNING
Operatingthemachinewithouttheaccelerator
inplacecancausethebladetoex,bend,or
break,resultinginseriousinjuryordeathto
youortobystanders.
Donotoperatethemachinewithoutthe
acceleratorinplace.
2.Returnthemachinetotheoperatingposition.
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