Toro Greensmaster
Flex 18 04018 Service Manual page 92

DANGER
Contact with the reel, bedknife or other cutting
unit parts can result in personal injury. Use
heavy gloves when handling the cutting reel.
IMPORTANT: When installing cutting reel, take care
to not nick or scratch the wear sleeve surfaces as
grease seal failure could result.
6. Carefully insert cutting reel into LH side plate grease
seals and bearing taking care to not damage wear seal
or grease seals. The reel shaft end with keyway should
be on the left side of the frame.
7. Carefully slide RH side plate and pitch arm onto reel
shaft taking care to not damage wear seal or grease
seals. Secure RH side plate to crossmember with two
(2) shoulder bolts and square nuts (Fig. 32). Torque
shoulder bolts from 210 to 240 in–lb (23.7 to 27.1
N–m).
NOTE: The reel bearing lock nut has left hand threads.
8. Apply antiseize lubricant to internal threads of reel
bearing lock nut. Block reel with a piece of wood to pre-
vent it from turning. Install and tighten the reel bearing
lock nut to the reel shaft.
9. Install reel weight on right side of cutting unit with two
(2) cap screws and flat washers.
10.Install reel drive plate to cutting unit (Fig. 31):
A. Position spacer (item 5) to LH side plate.
B. If cutting unit is equipped with a groomer, install
LH groomer side plate (see Groomer Reel Bearing
Replacement in the Service and Repairs section of
Chapter 8 – Groomer).
C. Position two (2) spacers (item 4) and reel drive
plate to LH side plate.
D. Install two (2) cap screws, flat washers and lock
nuts.
E. Install cap screw and lock washer.
F. Tighten fasteners to secure reel drive plate to cut-
ting unit.
G. Carefully install spacer (item 12) into grease seal
in LH side plate taking care not to damage seal.
Cutting Unit
11. Apply antiseize lubricant to end of reel shaft. Position
woodruff key, drive pulley and washer (if equipped) on
reel shaft. Block reel with a piece of wood to prevent it
from turning. Install flange nut that secures pulley to reel
shaft. Torque flange nut from 40 to 50 ft–lb (54 to 68
N–m).
12.Secure grass shield to side plates with removed fas-
teners.
13.Check for free movement of reel assembly by rotat-
ing pulley. If binding is noted, identify and correct prob-
lem before continuing.
14.Install reel drive belt, adjust belt tension and install
belt cover (see Reel Drive Belt and Transmission Cou-
pler Drive Belt Replacement in Service and Repairs sec-
tion of Chapter 4 – Traction and Reel Drive System).
15.If cutting unit is equipped with a groomer, install
grooming reel (see Grooming Reel in the Service and
Repairs section of Chapter 8 – Groomer).
16.Install front and rear rollers (see Roller Installation in
this section).
17.Install bedbar to the cutting unit (see Bedbar Installa-
tion in this section).
18.Complete cutting unit set–up and adjustment se-
quence.
NOTE: The parallel position of the rear roller to the cut-
ting reel is controlled by the precision machined compo-
nents of the assembled cutting unit. If necessary, a
limited amount of adjustment is possible to parallel the
rear roller to the cutting reel (see Leveling Rear Roller
in the Adjustment section of this chapter).
19.Install cutting unit to the traction unit (see Separating
Cutting Unit from Traction Unit in this chapter).
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