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DECK REMOVAL:
1. Place cut height lever in lowest cut position.
2. Pull belt idler back to allow belt to be removed from idler
pulley and electric clutch pulley.
3. Remove hair pin cotter and washer from one end of deck
support cross shaft. Note location of remaining shim washers
used between chassis and mower deck plates. Slide shaft from
chassis and mower deck.
4. Remove hair pin cotter and washer from each deck L-rod.
Remove L-rods from lift arms. At this point, deck will drop
down.
5. Carefully raise and support front of chassis. Slide mower deck
to either side for removal. (Reverse procedure to reinstall deck
assembly.)
NOTE: When deck is reinstalled on frame, check that belt is
correctly routed in the grooves of all pulleys and that
belt idler is applying tension to the back side of the
belt.
CARE & MAINTENANCE