Removing And Installing The Mower Deck - Toro 74923TE Operator's Manual

Installing the Blades
1. Install the blade onto the spindle shaft (Figure 94).
Important: The curved part of the blade must
point upward toward the inside of the mower to
ensure proper cutting.
2. Install the spring disk and blade bolt. The
spring disk cone must be installed toward the
bolt head (Figure 94). Torque the blade bolt to
115-150 N-m (85-110 ft-lb).
Figure 94
1. Sail area of blade
2. Blade
Removing and Installing the
Mower Deck
WARNING
Deck lift arm assemblies have stored energy.
Removing the deck with out releasing the stored
energy can cause serious injury or death.
Do not attempt to disassemble the deck from the
front frame without locking out the stored energy.
Removing the Mower Deck
Important: Before servicing or removing the mower
deck, the spring loaded deck arms must be locked out.
1. Stop engine, wait for all moving parts to stop, and
remove key. Engage parking brake.
2. Remove the height adjustment pin and lower the deck
to the ground.
3. Place the height adjustment pin in the 7.6 cm (3 inch)
cutting height location. This locks the deck lift arms in
3. Spring disk
4. Blade bolt
the lowest position when the deck is removed and the
stored energy in the deck spring is released.
4. Remove the belt covers.
5. Remove the bolts that secure the floor pan to the
machine.
6. Lift up the floor pan and insert a ratchet into the square
hole in the deck idler (Figure 95).
1. Clutch pulley
2. Mower belt
3. Spring loaded idler pulley
4. Ratchet
7. Rotate the deck idler clockwise and remove the mower
belt (Figure 95).
8. Remove and retain the hardware on both sides of the
deck as shown in Figure 96.
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Figure 95
5. Square hole in the idler
arm for the ratchet
6. Idler grease fitting
7. Belt guide