Finalizing Height Of Cut - Toro 03857 Operator's Manual

Setting Height of Cut
CONTACT ALONG FULL LENGTH OF FRONT
ROLLER AND REEL BLADE LEVELS FRONT
ROLLER TO REEL
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1. REF. FLAT SURFACE (1 " X 20" X 30" FLAT STOCK
SUGGESTED)
2. BAR STOCK (11 " X 3/4" STOCK SUGGESTED)
3. Rock the cutting unit forward (on the reel blades
and steel bar) until the front roller contacts the flat
surface. The reel blades and bedknife must maintain
contact with the bar (Fig. 20).
4. Adjust the front brackets until both ends of the
roller are in contact with the level surface. Use a
piece of newspaper or visually check whether any
gap exists between the roller ends and the flat
surface (Fig. 21).
5. Tighten the top and bottom nuts of the front roller
brackets to 55–65 ft-lbs. (75-88 Nm).
6. Recheck roller contact with newspaper to ensure
roller has not changed position and is parallel with
the reel and bedknife.
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Figure 20
D. FINALIZING HEIGHT OF CUT
IMPORTANT. Adjusting (Parallel) the bedknife to
the reel, setting the cutting unit attitude, and leveling
the front roller must be completed before finalizing
height of cut.
1. Using a two-screw gauge bar, Toro part no. 98-
1852, set the first screw to the desired height of cut.
This setting is from the bar face to the underside of
the screw head (Fig. 22).
1. 1st screw
2. 2nd screw
3. Height-of-cut setting
4. Attitude
2. With the cutting unit rotated backward, place the
gauge bar across the front and rear rollers. The first
screw head should fit snugly over the edge of the
bedknife and the end of second screw should
contact the bottom of the bedknife (Fig. 23). Verify
the rear roller (height of cut) at each end of the
Figure 21
Figure 22