TO LEVEL MOWER
Make sure tires are properly inflated to the
PSI shown ontires, iftires are over or under
inflated, itmayaffect the appearance of your
lawn and lead you to think the mower is not
adjusted properly.
VISUAL SIDE-TO-SIDE ADJUSTMENT
1. With all tires properlyinflated and ifyour
lawn appears unevenly cut, determine
which side of mower is cutting lower.
NOTE: As desired, you can raise the low
side of mower or lower the high side.
2. Go to side of mower you wish to adjust.
3. With a 3/4" or adjustable wrench, turn
lift link adjustment nut (A) to the left to
lower the mower, or, to the right to raise
the mower.
Turn nut rig
to,raise mower
Turn nut left
\ to lower mower
NOTE: Each full turn of adjustment nut will
change mower height about 3/16".
4. 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 alltires properly inflated, parktractor
on level ground or driveway.
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 bethesame
on both sides.
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4.
If adjustment
is necessary,
see steps 2
and 3 in Visual Adjustment
instructions
above•
5.
Recheck measurements,
adjust if neces-
sary 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 position.
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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.
,
• 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
!ink adjustment
nut (B) clockwise
(Itighten)
to raise the front of mower, or,
counterclockwise
(loosen)
to lower the
front mower.
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Tighten adjust nut
B to raise mower
Loosen adjust
nut B to lower
mower
Loosenjam nutA first
NOTE: Each full tum of the adjustment nut
will change mower height about 1/8"o
• Recheck measurements, adjust if neces-
sary untilfront tip of blade is 1/8" to 1/2"
lower than the rear tip.
Holdadjustmentnut inpositionwith wrench
and tighten jam nut securely against ad-
justment nut.