Craftsman 917.28852 Manual Del Operador página 23

TO LEVEL MOWER
Make sure tires are properly inflated to the
PSI shown ontires. Iftires are over or under
inflated,it may affect the appearance of your
lawn and lead you to think the mower is not
adjusted properly,
VISUAL SIDE-TO-SIDE ADJUSTMENT
I. With all tires properly inflatedand if your
_awn appears unevenly cut, determine
which side of mower is cutting lower.
2, With a3/4" or adjustable wrench, turn lift
link adjustment nut (A) to the teft to lower
LH side of mower, or,to the rightto raise
LH side of mower,
NOTE; Each full turn of adjustme,,ntnut will
change mower height about 3/16.
Turn nut ri, Turn nut left
to raise mower tower mower
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3, Test your adjustment by mowing some
uncut grass and visually checking the
appearance. Readjust, ffnecessary, until
you are satisfied with the results.
PRECISION SIDE-TO-SIDE ADJUSTMENT
1. With alltires properly inflated,parktractor
on level ground or driveway.
CAUTION: Blades are sharp, Protect
your hands with gloves and/or wrap blade
with heavy cloth,
2. Raise mower to its highest position.
3. At both sides of mower, position blade at
side and measure the distance (A) from
bottom edge of bfade to the ground. The
distance should be the same on both
sides.
4. If adjustment is necessary, see step 2 in
Visual Adjustment instructionsabove.
5. Recheck measurements, adjust if neces-
sary until both sides are equal.
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FRONT-TO-BACK ADJUSTMENT
IMPORTANT: Deck must be level side-
to-side.
To obtainthe best cutting results, the mower
blades shouid be adjusted so the front tip is
1/8" to 1/2" lower than the rear tip when the
,_i_oweris in its highest position.
CAUTION: Blades are sharp. Protect
your hands with gloves and/or wrap blade
with heavy cloth,
• Raise mower to highest position.
• Position any blade so the tip is pointing
straight forward. Measure distance (B)
to the ground at front and rear tip of the
blade.
• If front tip of blade is not 1/8" to 1/2" lower
than the rear tip, go to the front of tractor.
• With an 11/16" or adjustable wrench,
loosen jam nut "A" several turns to clear
adjustment nut "B".
With a 3/4" or adjustable wrench, turn
front linkadjustment nut"B" clockwise (r'_)
(tighten) to raise the front of mower, or,
countercioct_wise (_) (loosen) to lower
the front mower.
Tighten adjust Loosen adjust nut "B" to nut "B" to
raise mower tower mower
Loosen jam nut "A" first
NOTE: Each full turn ofthe adjustment nut
wit] change mower height about 1/8".
• Recheck measurements, adjustif neces-
sary until front tip of blade is t/8" to 1/2"
lower than the rear tip.
• Hold adjustment nut inposition with wrench
and tighten jam nut securely against ad-
justment nut.