Operator's Manual

Important:Ifthe72inchSideDischargeCutting
Unit,model31336,isbeingmountedtoamodel
30307,30308,30309,30343,30344or30345traction
unitwithaserialnumberpriorto311000301,the
CuttingUnitAlignmentKit,partnumber120–6599
mustbeinstalledtothecuttingunitpriortobeing
mountedtotractionunit.
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SecuringtheGrassDeector
(Model31336only)
NoPartsRequired
Procedure
WARNING
Anuncovereddischargeopeningcouldallowthe
lawnmowertothrowobjectsintheoperator'sor
bystander'sdirectionandresultinseriousinjury.
Also,contactwiththebladecouldoccur.
•Neveroperatethelawnmowerunlessyouinstall
acoverplate,amulchplate,oragrasschuteand
catcher.
•Makesurethegrassdeectorisinthedown
position.
1.Removethecabletiesecuringthegrassdeectorto
thetopofthedeckandlowerthedeector.
2.PlacethelefthandJhookendofthespringaround
thedeckedge
3.PlacetherighthandJhookendofthespringaround
thegrassdeector(
Figure2).
Important:Thegrassdeectormustbeableto
lowerdownintoposition.Liftthedeectorup
totestthatitlowersintothefulldownposition.
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Figure2
1.GrassDeector4.Lefthandhookendof
spring,placebehinddeck
edge
2.Spring5.Springinstalled
3.Righthandhookend
ofspring,placearound
deector
2
InstallingtheLiftArmstothe
TractionUnit
Partsneededforthisprocedure:
1
Liftarm,right
1
Liftarm,left
Procedure
1.Ononesideofthetractionunit,loosen(donot
remove)thewheelnutssecuringthewheelandtire
assemblytothefrontwheelstuds.
2.Jackupthemachineuntilthefrontwheelisoffof
theoor.Usejackstandsorblockthemachineto
preventitfromaccidentallyfalling.
3.Removethewheelnutsandslidethewheelandtire
assemblyoffofthestuds.
4.Removetheliftarmsfromthepallet.
5.Removethepivotpinandcotterpinfromeachlift
arm.
6.Mountaliftarmtothepivotbracketwithapivotpin
andacotterpin(
Figure3).Mounttheliftarmwith
thebendpositionedoutward.
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