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NOTE: An unbalanced blade will cause excessive vibration when rotating at high speeds, may cause damage to the
mower and could break, causing personal injury.
• Test the blade by balancing it on a round shaft screwdriver or a blade balancer. See Figure 11B.
• If the blade is not balanced, remove metal from the heavy side until it balances evenly.
Adjusting Handle Height
Your mower is shipped with the handle in the higher height position. To lower the handle height, proceed as follows.
• Remove the starter rope from the rope guide.
• Remove the upper handle by removing the hand knobs and carriage bolts. Lay the upper handle out of the
way, being careful not to bend or kink the cables.
• Remove the hairpin clips from the weld pins on the handle brackets. Refer to Figure 4 inset. Press out on the
legs of the lower handle. Remove lower handle from the mower.
• Turn the lower handle around so the notch on the bottom of the lower handle is facing forward as shown in
Figure 12. Reassemble, placing the bottom holes in the handle over the weld pins in the handle mounting
bracket.
FIGURE 12
• Reassemble the upper handle to the lower handle.
• Place the hairpin clips in the inner holes in the weld pins and attach the starter rope as instructed in the
Assembly section.
Adjusting Cutting Height
IMPORTANT: All wheels must be placed in the same relative position. For rough or uneven lawns, move the height
adjustment lever to a higher position. This will help stop scalping of the grass.
Rear Wheel Adjustment
The rear wheel cutting height adjustment rod is located between the two rear hi-wheels.
• Squeeze the two adjustment rods together and pull towards the operator.
• Move rods upward or downward to any one of the six positions and reinsert. See Figure 13A.
• Make sure that the rear rod sits in the groove of the new height position.
FIGURE 13
Notch
Lower
Handle
Adjustment
Rod
Rear Rod
Trail
Wing
Axle Bolt
Spring Washer
A
B
Nut
Shield