Greensmaster Flex 18/21
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Cutting Unit
Adjustments
CAUTION
Never work on the cutting unit with the engine
running. Always stop the engine and remove the
spark plug wire from the spark plug first.
DANGER
Contact with the reel, bedknife or other cutting
unit parts can result in personal injury. Use
heavy gloves when handling the cutting reel or
bedknife.
Leveling Rear Roller
The precision machined components of the cutting unit
frame keep the rear roller and cutting reel in alignment
(parallel). If the side plates are disassembled or as the
cutting reel wears, a limited amount of side plate adjust-
ment is possible to make sure that the cutting unit is
properly aligned.
1. Place the assembled cutting unit on a surface plate.
2. On both sides of cutting unit, loosen bedbar adjuster
screw by turning screw counterclockwise (Fig. 11).
3. Back off the spring tension lock nuts until the washer
is no longer tensioned against the bedbar (Fig. 11).
4. Loosen, but do not remove, two (2) cap screws and
lock nuts that secure the grass shield to the side plates
(Fig. 12).
5. Loosen, but do not remove, four (4) shoulder bolts
that secure the side plates to the crossmember (Fig. 12).
6. Adjust the position of the side plates to parallel the
rear roller and cutting reel. Then, tighten the four (4)
shoulder bolts to a torque from 210 to 240 in–lb (23.7
to 27.1 N–m).
7. Tighten the cap screws and lock nuts that secure the
grass shield to the cutting unit side plates.
8. Tighten each spring tension lock nut until the adjust-
er spring is fully compressed, then loosen lock nut 1/2
turn.
9. Complete cutting unit set–up and adjustment se-
quence.
1. Bedbar
2. Bedbar adjuster screw
3. Spring tension lock nut
Figure 11
2
1
3
1. Grass
shield
2. Cap screw (2 used)
3. Flat washer (2 used)
4. Lock nut (2 used)
5. Shoulder bolt (4 used)
6. Square nut (4 used)
Figure 12
3
2
1
4
5
6
210 to 240 in–lb
(23.7 to 27.1 N–m)
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