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Chapter 9
Grooming Reel Cutting Units
Table of Contents
SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SPECIAL TOOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Factors Affecting Quality of Cut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Factors Affecting Grooming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Groomer Mechanical Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SET UP AND ADJUSTMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjustment Summary and Check List . . . . . . . . 10
Bedknife to Reel Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Reel Bearing Service and Adjustment. . . . . . . . 12
Parallel Bedknife to Reel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Leveling Rear Roller to Reel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Height of Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Groomer Reel Depth Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Shield Height Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Top Bar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Groomer Reel Drive Belt Adjustment. . . . . . . . . 19
Pull Frame Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
REPAIRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Cutting Unit Removal and Installation . . . . . . . . 21
Reel Lapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Bedbar Removal and Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Bedbar Bushing Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Bedknife Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Preparing Cutting Unit for Reel Grinding. . . . . . 25
Reel Removal and Bearing Replacement . . . . . 26
Groomer Reel Blade Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Groomer Reel Drive Belt Replacement . . . . . . . 28
Groomer Reel Removal and Installation . . . . . . 29
Groomer Reel Clutch Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Bedknife Adjustment Knob Bearing Service . . . 32
Lift Bail Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Introduction
See Chapter 7 - 4 Bolt Adjust Cutting Units for
specific information about 4 Bolt Adjust Cutting Units
equipped with Grooming Reels. Specific information for
4-Bolt Adjust Cutting Units (i.e., bedknife to reel adjust-
ment, bedbar removal and installation, and leveling rear
roller to reel) is not covered in this chapter.
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