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CARE AND MAINTENANCE
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. 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 groves
of all pulleys and that belt idler is applying
tension to the back side of the belt.