Cutting Deck Link Service - Toro Groundsmaster 4100-D Service Manual

Cutting Deck Link Service

Disassembly (Fig. 9)
1. Press flange bushings from top of link.
2. Remove retaining ring and press tapered stud with
spherical bearing and flange nut from link.
3. Remove flange nut and press spherical bearing from
tapered stud.
Reassembly (Fig. 9)
1. Install new spherical bearing onto tapered stud. Se-
cure bearing with flange nut. Torque nut from 30 to 40
ft−lb (41 to 54 N−m).
2. Press tapered stud with spherical bearing and flange
nut into link. Secure spherical bearing into link with re-
taining ring.
3. Press flange bushings into bore of link.
4. If cap screw and jam nut were removed from rear
link, install cap screw to allow 1.625" (41.3 mm) between
the head of the screw and the side of the link (Fig. 10).
5. After link is installed on deck, check distance be-
tween center deck blade and wing deck blade. Readjust
cap screw and jam nut if needed (see Wing Deck Ser-
vice in this Chapter).
Cutting Deck
1
2
1. Link
2. Flange bushing
3. Grease fitting
4. Tapered stud
1
1. Rear link
2. Cap screw
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2
7
5
4
30 to 40 ft−lb
(41 to 54 N−m)
3
Figure 9
5. Spherical bearing
6. Flange nut
7. Retaining ring
1.625"
(41.3 mm)
2
3
Figure 10
3. Hex jam nut
Groundsmaster 4100−D
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