Cutting Unit Maintenance; Blade Safety; Installing The Cutting Unit - Toro 04861 Operator's Manual

Cutting Unit Maintenance

Blade Safety

•
Use care when checking the reel cutting-unit.
Wear gloves and use caution when servicing the
reel.
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A worn or damaged blade or bedknife can break,
and a piece could be thrown toward you or
bystanders, resulting in serious personal injury or
death.
•
Inspect the blades and bedknives periodically for
excessive wear or damage.
•
Use care when checking the blades. Wear gloves
and use caution when servicing them. Only
replace or backlap the blades and bedknives;
never straighten or weld them.
•
When servicing the blades, be aware that you
can still move the blades after you disconnect the
power.

Installing the Cutting Unit

1. Move the kickstand to the C
position; refer to
2. Align the cutting unit to the frame.
3. Move the suspension latches down to secure
the cutting unit to the machine
-U -S
UTTING NIT
Kickstand (page 10).
(Figure 27).
ERVICE
1. Latches
2. Collar
4. Move the collar out of the
transmission-coupler-shaft groove and insert
the hex tube into the cutting-unit coupler shaft
(Figure
5. Install the grass basket.
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Figure 27
3. Hex tube
4. Coupler shaft
27).
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