TO LEVEL MOWER
Make sure tires are properly inflated to
the PSI shown on tires,
if tires are over
or under inflated, it may affect the appear-
ance of your lawn and lead you to think
the mower is not adjusted properly.
VISUAL SIDE-TO-SIDE ADJUSTMENT
1. With all tires properly inflated and if
your lawn appears unevenly cut, de-
termine which side of mower is cutting
lower.
2. With a 3/4" or adjustable wrench, turn
lift link adjustment nut (A) to the left to
lower LH side of mower, or, to the right
to raise LH side of mower.
Turn nut
Turn nut left
to raise mower
to lower mower
4.
If adjustment
is necessary,
see step
2 in Visual
Adjustment
instructions
above.
5.
Recheck
measurements,
adjust
if nec-
essary
until both sides are equal.
FRONT-TO-BACK
ADJUSTMENT
IMPORTANT:
Deck must be level side-
to-side.
To obtain
the best cutting
results,
the
mower
blades
should
be adjusted
so the
front tip is 1/8" to 1/2" lower than the rear
tip when the mower
is in its highest
posi-
tion.
CAUTION:
Blades
are sharp.
Protect
your hands
with gloves
and/or
wrap blade
with heavy cloth.
• Raise
mower
to highest
position.
• Position
any blade
so the tip is pointing
straight
forward.
Measure
distance
(B)
to the ground
at front and rear tip of the
blade.
NOTE:
Each full turn of adjustment
nut will
change
mower
height
about
3/16".
3.
Test your adjustment
by mowing
some
uncut grass
and visually
checking
the
appearance.
Readjust,
if necessary,
until you are satisfied
with the results.
PRECISION
SIDE-TO-SIDE
ADJUSTMENT
1. With all tires properly
inflated,
park
tractor
on level ground
or driveway.
hI_ CAUTION:
Blades
are sharp.
Protect
your hands
with gloves
and/or
wrap
blade
with heavy cloth.
2.
Raise mower
to its highest
position.
3.
At both sides of mower,
position
blade
at side and measure
the distance
(A) from bottom
edge of blade
to the
ground.
The distance
should
be the
same on both sides.
• If front tip of blade is not 1/8" to 1/2"
lower than the rear tip, go to the front of
tractor.
• With an 11/16"
or adjustable
wrench,
loosen
jam nut A several
turns to clear
adjustment
nut B.
• With a 3/4" or adjustable
wrench,
turn
front link adjustment
nut (B) clockwise
(tighten)
to raise the front of mower,
or,
counterclockwise
(loosen)
to lower the
front mower.
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