Craftsman 917288523 tractor

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TO LEVEL MOWER
Make sure tires are properly inflated to the
PSI shown ontires, lftires areover 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
1. With alltires properlyinflatedand if your
lawn appears unevenly cut, determine
which side of mower is cutting lower.
2. With a 3/4" or adjustable wrench, turn lift
link adjustment nut (A) to the left to lower
LH side of mower, or, to the right to raise
LH side of mower.
NOTE: Each full turn of adjustment nut will
change mower height about 3/16".
Turn nut right Turn nut left
to raise mower \ to lower mower
FRONT-TO-BACK ADJUSTMENT
IMPORTANT: Deck must be level side-
to-side.
To obtainthe best cutting results, the mower
blades should be adjusted so the front tip is
1/8" to !/2" lower than the rear tip when the
_ower is 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 fronttip of blade is not 1/8" to 1/2" lower
than the rear tip, go to the front of tractor,
With an 11/18" or adjustable wrench,
loosen jam nut A several turns to clear
adjustment nut B.
3. Test your adjustment by mowing some
uncut grass and visually checking the
appearance, Readjust, if necessary, until
you are satisfied with the results,
PRECISION SIDE-TO-SIDE ADJUSTMENT
I. With alltires properly inflated,park tractor
on level ground or driveway.
_1=CAUTION: Blades are sharp, Protect
your hands with gloves and/or wrap blade
with heaW cloth.
....__._Ba!se mowertQ its highest position .........'............................!_!_
3. At both sides of mower, position blade at Tighten adjustnut
side and measure the distance (A) from B to raisemower
bottom edge of blade to the ground. The
distance should be the same on both
sides.
4. If adjustment is necessary, see step 2 in
Visual Adjustment instructions above.
5. Recheck measurements, adjust if neces-
sary until both sides are equal.
With a 3/4" or adjustable wrench, turn
front link adjustment nut (B) clockwise
(tighten) to raise the front of mower, or,
counterclockwise (loosen) to lower the
front mower.
nut B to lower
mower
Loosen jam nut A first
NOTE: Each full turn of the adjustment nut
will change mower height about 1/8".
- Recheck measurements, adjust if neces-
sary until front tip of blade is 1/8" to 1/2"
lower than the rear tip.
Hold adjustment nut inpositionwithwrench
and tighten jam nut securely against ad-
justment nut.
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