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Adjustingthe50"FrontandRearGaugeWheels
WARNINGhKeep hands and feet away from
the discharge opening of the cutting deck
NOTE: The deck gauge wheels are an antiscalp feature of
the deck and are not designed to support the weight of the
cutting deck.
The mower deck cutting height can be set in any of six
height settings using the tractor's deck lift handle. The
deck heights range from 1-1/2" to 4". The deck gauge
wheel position should be approximately 1/4 to 1/2 inch
above the ground when the deck is set in the desired
height setting.
Using the lift handle, set the deck in the desired height
setting, then check the gauge wheel distance from the
ground below. If necessary adjust as follows:
• Visually check the distance between the front gauge
wheels and the ground. If the gauge wheels are near
or touching the ground, they should be raised. If more
than 1/2" above the ground, they should be lowered.
• Remove the lock nut securing one of the front gauge
wheel shoulder screws to the deck. Remove the gauge
wheel and shoulder screw. Refer to Figure 6-9.
• Insert the shoulder screw into the one of four index
holes in the front gauge wheel bracket that will give
the gauge wheel a 1/4 to 1/2 inch clearance with the
ground.
• Note the index hole of the just adjusted wheel, and
adjust the other gauge wheels into the respective
index holes of the other gauge wheel brackets on the
deck.
Shoulder
Screw
_ Rear Gauge
Wheel
©
Lock
Nut
Shoulder
_._ Screw
Front Gauge
_ \\ ,.,--/Wheel
Gauge
Bracket
Index Holes
Lock
Nut
Figure 6-9
Adjusting54"Front GaugeWheelsand RearRollers
The front gauge wheels on the ZT54 mower deck are an
anti-scalp feature, and should not ride on the ground The
front gauge wheels should be approximately 1/4 to 1/2
inch above the ground when the deck is set in the desired
height setting
The rear deck rollers can be set in either the low or high
position
Using the lift handle, set the deck in the desired height
setting, then check the gauge wheel distance from the
ground below If necessary adjust the front gauge wheels
as follows:
• Visually check the distance between the front gauge
wheels and the ground If the gauge wheels are near
or touching the ground, they should be raised If more
than 1/2" above the ground, they should be lowered
• Remove the lock nut securing one of the front gauge
wheel shoulder screws to the deck Remove the gauge
wheel and shoulder screw Refer to Figure 6-9
• Insert the shoulder screw into the one of four index
holes in the front gauge wheel bracket that will give
the gauge wheel a 1/4 to 1/2 inch clearance with the
ground
• Note the index hole of the just adjusted wheel, and
adjust the other front gauge wheel into the respective
index hole of the other front gauge wheel bracket
The position on the rear deck rollers is generally not
changed In the low position the rollers will roll the grass
In the high position, the rollers are in a storage position
and do little or no rolling of the grass Change the roller
position as follows:
• Remove the cotter pin from the left end of the roller
shaft See Figure 6-10
High
Position
Cotter
Pin
Roller
Roller
Low Position
Right Rear
Roller Brkt.
Figure 6-10
• Slide the roller shaft to the right and remove the rollers
as the shaft isfully withdrawn from the right rear roller
bracket See Figure 6-10
• Insert the roller shaft through the other roller bracket
hole Slide the rollers onto the shaft as you slide the
shaft to the left
• If necessary, rotate the roller shaft to align the flat area
on the left end of the shaft with the flat of the hole in
the left roller bracket Slide the shaft throught the left
roller bracket and secure with the cotter pin
SECTION6-- MAINTENANCE _ ADJUSTMENTS
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