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5
Maintaining
Your Lawn
Mower
An unbalanced blade
will cause excessive
vibration when rotat-
ing at high speeds. It
may cause damage
to mower, and could
break causing per-
sonal injury.
When removing
the cutting blade
for sharpening or
replacement or
when sliding the belt
around it, protect
your hands with a
pair of heavy gloves
or use a heavy rag to
hold the blade.
WARNING
Figure 5-5
AdjustmentsVariable Speed Cable
Periodic adjustment of the variable speed cable may
be necessary due to normal wear on the drive system.
Adjustment is needed if unit begins to run too slow or too
fast.
1. Start engine and place shift lever in the third speed
position.
2. Stop engine and disconnect spark plug wire and
ground it against engine.
3. With engine off, shift back to first speed. This will
provide slack in the cable.
4. Carefully remove the harness assembly from the
speed control housing by removing the three screws
securing it to the housing. See Figure 5-3.
5. Remove back cover of speed control housing by
removing the three screws securing it to the housing.
See Figure 5-4.
6. Remove screw and flat washer securing cable. See
Figure 5-4.
NOTE:
Make sure to take note of which slot in housing
cable is in.
7. Using a pair of needle nose pliers or similar tool, move
eyelet in cable only one slot to the left in housing as
shown in Figure 5-5.
NOTE:
Moving eyelet to the left speeds unit up; moving it
to the right slows it down.
8. Replace screw and washer removed earlier and reas-
semble back of housing. Reattach battery harness
assembly to the speed control housing, making sure
to snap the tab on the harness into the slot on the
housing. See Figure 5-3. Secure with the three screws
removed earlier.
B
A
Figure 5-2
Figure 5-4
Tab
Slot
Figure 5-3
