Removing The Verticutter Blades From The Shaft; Installing The Verticutter Blades - Toro Reelmaster 3100-D Series Operator's Manual

Removing the Verticutter
Blades from the Shaft
1. Secure the end of the verticutter shaft, which
has only one washer and nut, in a vise.
2. On other end of shaft, rotate the nut
counter-clockwise and remove the nut.
CAUTION
The blades are extremely sharp and may
have burrs that can cut your hands.
Use caution when removing the blades
from the shaft.
3. Remove the small spacer, the washer, the
blades and the large spacers. Clean and
lubricate the square shaft with a light coating of
grease to simplify the assembly
Figure 13
1. Shaft
2. Nut
3. Washer
Important:
Do not invert the verticutter
reel blades. The order of disassembly is
extremely important. Do not invert the
verticutter reel blades when disassembling
or reverse the order when assembling them.
Note the verticutter blades index hole. The
index hole is provided for assembly in order
to obtain the proper helix for the verticutter
reel.
(Figure 13).
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4. Small spacer
5. Blade (19)
6. Large spacer (18)
Installing the Verticutter
Blades
1. Assemble a reel blade
2. Assemble a large spacer.
3. Do not invert the reel blades when assembling
them onto the reel shaft.
Note:
If the blades are inverted, the blades that
are in use (rounded) mix with the sharp ends
of the previously unused blades; this causes
unsatisfactory verticutter performance.
4. Install the next blade clockwise so that the index
reference hole
first blade hole by one flat of the shaft.
1. Index reference hole
5. Continue to install spacers and blades in this
manner until the full complement of blades has
been installed.
Note:
When properly assembled, the blades
are staggered in such a manner as to appear
like a helix.
6. Install the small spacer to the shaft.
7. Apply Blue Loctite 242 to the nut. Install the nut
onto the shaft (machined side of the nut toward
the spacer) and tighten it to 109 to 135 N∙m (80
to 100 ft-lb).
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(Figure 14).
(Figure 14) is not aligned with the
Figure 14
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