Adjusting The Turf-Compensation Spring; No Parts Required - Toro 03781TE Operator's Manual

14. Secure the lift-arm chain to the chain bracket
with the snapper pin
Note:
Use the number of chain links described
in the cutting unit Operator's Manual.
Figure 19
1. Lift-arm chain
2. Chain bracket
15. Coat the spline shaft of the reel motor with clean
grease.
16. Oil the reel motor O-ring and install it onto the
motor flange.
17. Install the motor by rotating it clockwise so that
the motor flanges clear the bolts
Figure 20
1. Reel-drive motor
18. Rotate the motor counterclockwise until the
flanges encircle the bolts, and then tighten the
bolts.
Important:
Make sure that the reel motor
hoses are not twisted, kinked, or at risk of
being pinched.
(Figure 19).
3. Snapper pin
(Figure 20).
2. Mounting bolts
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Adjusting the
Turf-Compensation Spring

No Parts Required

Procedure
The turf-compensation spring
the weight from the front to the rear roller. This helps
to reduce a wave pattern in the turf, also known as
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marcelling or bobbing.
Important:
Make spring adjustments with
the cutting unit mounted to the traction unit,
positioned straight ahead and lowered to the shop
floor.
1. Make sure that the hairpin cotter is installed in
the rear hole in the spring rod
Note:
When servicing the cutting unit, move the
hairpin cotter to the spring-rod hole next to the
turf-compensation spring.
1. Turf-compensation spring
2. Hairpin cotter
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2. Tighten the hex nuts on the front end of the
spring rod until the compressed length of the
spring is 15.9 cm (6.25 inches); refer to
21.
Note:
When operating on rough terrain,
decrease the spring length by 13 mm (1/2 inch).
Ground following will be slightly decreased.
Note:
You will need to reset the turf
compensation setting if you change either the
HOC or aggressiveness-of-cut setting.
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(Figure 21) transfers
(Figure 21).
Figure 21
3. Spring rod
4. Hex nuts
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Figure