Cutting Unit Maintenance; Pivoting (Tilting) The Front Cutting-Unit To The Upright Position - Toro Groundsmaster 5900 Operator's Manual

Cutting Unit Maintenance

Pivoting (Tilting) the Front
Cutting-Unit to the Upright
Position
Note:
Although not needed for normal maintenance
procedures, you can pivot (tilt) the front cutting unit to
an upright position.
1. Raise the front cutting unit slightly off the floor,
engage the parking brake, shut off the engine,
and remove the key.
2. Perform the pre-maintenance procedure; refer
to Pre-Maintenance Procedures (page
3. Remove the retainer clip and disconnect the
damper assembly from the cutting unit
133).
Figure 133
1. Damper assembly
4. Remove the hairpin cotter and clevis pin
securing the height-of-cut chains to the rear of
the cutting unit (Figure
63).
(Figure
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2. Retainer clip
134).
1. Height-of-cut chain
2. Clevis pin
5. Start the engine, slowly raise the front cutting
unit, shut off the engine, and remove the ignition
key.
6. Wedge a block of wood between the rear of the
deck and the machine
1. Block of wood
89
Figure 134
3. Hairpin cotter
(Figure 135).
Figure 135
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