840 THRU 848 MTD lawn tractor

User Manual - Page 11

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Move the tractor lift handle all the way back to the
fully raised position. Turn the tractor steering wheel
all the way to the right.
50" Decks: Remove the roller assembly from the
rear of the deck and set aside.
The two deck stabilizers and the diagonal brace
which are attached to the front of the deck are
folded back over the deck for shipping purposes.
Unfold them at this time. See Figure 9.
Slide the deck under the tractor from the left side.
You may need to angle the deck slightly to get the
braces past the front wheel.
Figure 9
NOTE: When attaching the cross bar, reference to the
right or left hand side is observed facing front of the
tractor, rather than from the operating position.
Standing in front of the tractor, remove the hairpin
clips from the cross bar. See Figure 10.
Slide the cross bar to the left until the right side is
free. Drop bar down and slide to the right until cross
bar is removed from the tractor. See Figure 10.
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Stabilizer
Deck Stal bilizer Cr )ss Bar
Hairpin Clip
Spacer
Figure 10
Insert cross bar through the two deck stabilizers
and the diagonal brace. See Figure 11A.
Place a spacer on the left end of the cross bar. Pull
the bar to the right until the spacer is flushed with
the end of the bar as shown in Figure 11B. Lift
assembly and slide the cross bar into one of the
holes on the left side of frame. Secure with hairpin
clip removed earlier.
46" Deck: Use the rear set of holes.
50" Deck: Use the forward set of holes.
Place a spacer on the right end of the cross bar.
See Figure 11C.
Pull the bar to the left until the spacer isflushed with
the end of the bar. Slide the cross bar intothe hole
on the right side of frame. Secure with hairpin clip.
Refer to Figure 10.
Move the lift lever forward to the lowest position.
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NOTE: It may be necessary to pull down on the lift links
to obtain the Iowest position.
--Insert second/
/ spacer here _,
Figure 11
Liftup on the edge of the deck and attach the left
front deck hanger tothe deck using a flat washer
and hairpin clip. Make sure deck hanger goes
through the center of V-Belt. See Figure 12.
Hanger Bracket
Belt
Figure 12
Attach the right front hanger to the deck using a flat
washer and hairpin clip.
Move lift lever back to the fully raised position.
50" Deck only: Remove the clevis pins and hairpin
clips from the roller assembly. Slide the roller
assembly between the rear wheels and the deck.
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