Cub Cadet RZT54 Operator's Manual page 24

Adjusting Front Gauge Wheels and Rear Rollers
WARNING!: Keep hands and feet away from
the discharge opening of the cutting deck.
The front gauge wheels on the ower deck are an anti-scalp
feature, and should not ride on the ground. The front
gauge wheels should be approximately 1/4 to 1/2 inch
above the ground when the deck is set in the desired
height setting.
The rear deck rollers can be set in either the low or high
position.
Using the lift handle, set the deck in the desired height
setting, then check the gauge wheel distance from the
ground below. If necessary adjust the front gauge wheels
as follows:
• Visually check the distance between the front gauge
wheels and the ground. If the gauge wheels are near
or touching the ground, they should be raised. If more
than 1/2" above the ground, they should be lowered.
• Remove the lock nut securing one of the front gauge
wheel shoulder screws to the deck. Remove the gauge
wheel and shoulder screw. See Figure 6-9.
Gauge Wheel
Bracket
Index Holes
• Insert the shoulder screw into the one of four index
holes in the front gauge wheel bracket that will give
the gauge wheel a 1/4 to 1/2 inch clearance with the
ground.
• Note the index hole of the just adjusted wheel, and
adjust the other front gauge wheel into the respective
index hole of the other front gauge wheel bracket.
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Shoulder
Screw
Front Gauge
Wheel
Lock
Nut
Figure 6-9
& a
djustMents
The position on the rear deck rollers is generally not
changed. In the low position the rollers will roll the grass.
In the high position, the rollers are in a storage position
and do little or no rolling of the grass. Change the roller
position as follows:
• Remove the cotter pin from the left end of the roller
shaft. See Figure 6-10.
High
Low Position
Position
Cotter
Pin
Roller
Roller Shaft
Figure 6-10
• Slide the roller shaft to the right and remove the rollers
as the shaft is fully withdrawn from the right rear roller
bracket. See Figure 6-10.
• Insert the roller shaft through the other roller bracket
hole. Slide the rollers onto the shaft as you slide the
shaft to the left.
• If necessary, rotate the roller shaft to align the flat area
on the left end of the shaft with the flat of the hole in
the left roller bracket. Slide the shaft throught the left
roller bracker and secure with the cotter pin.
Right Rear
Roller Brkt.