Craftsman 247.27022 - Manual (Page 18)

Test 2: Checking Front to Rear Leveling
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Place the deck in the highest position.
Wearing a pair of heavy work gioves to prevent
injury, rotate the cutting blade so that it is pointed
front to back and paraiiel to the rider. Depress and
lock the deck engagement pedal.
Measure the distance from the front and the rear
tips of the biade to the ground.The front should be
approximately 1/4” to 3/8” lower than the rear.
If the distance is higher, level the deck front to rear.
Test 3: Checking Side to Side Leveling
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Place the deck in the highest position.
Wearing a pair of heavy work gioves to prevent
injury, rotate the cutting blade so that it is pointed
side to side and perpendicular to the rider. Depress
and lock the deck engagement pedal.
Measure the distance from the tips of the blade to
the ground.
If the two distances are unequal, level the deck
side to side.
Adjusting Rear Deck Height
1. Completely loosen, but do not remove, the top hex
nut out of the three hex nuts that hold the hex bolt
and the ferrule on the deck hanger link assembly.
See Figure 15 .
IMPORTANT: Do not try to loosen/ tighten bottom nut.
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Thread the middie nut as far down as possible.
Locate the lower links at the rear of the deck.
Working on one side at a time, disconnect the
helper springs from them.
Remove each lower link by removing both hair pin
clip and washers.
Reattach lower links as shown in Figure 15 inset.
Front to Rear Leveling
Loosen hex nuts
to adjust
Do not adjust hex nut
1. Place the deck in the highest position.
2. Wearing a pair of heavy work gioves to prevent
injury, rotate the cutting blade so that it is pointed
front to back and paraiiel to the rider. Depress and
lock the deck engagement pedal.
3. Compietely loosen, but do not remove, the top hex
nut out of the three hex nuts that hold the hex bolt
and the ferrule on the deck hanger link assembly.
See Figure 15.
IMPORTANT: Do not try to loosen/ tighten bottom nut.
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Thread the middle nut as far down as possible.
Keeping an equal number of threads above each of
the nuts, thread the upper nut down until the front
tip of the blade is 1/4” to 3/8” lower than the rear tip
of the blade. Note that threading this nut down will
raise the front of the deck.
Thread the middle nut up against the base of the
ferrule. See Figure 15.
Tighten the upper nut against the top of the ferrule
to lock adjustment.
Side to Side Leveling
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Place the deck in the highest position.
Wearing heavy work gloves to prevent injury, rotate
the blade so that it is pointed side to side and
perpendicular to the rider. Depress and lock the
deck engagement pedal.
Loosen the middle hex nut.
Thread the top hex nut up or down in order to set
both tips of the biade at an equal height from the
ground. Remember to thread the nut down to raise
the deck, and thread up to lower the deck.
Once the deck is level, thread the middle hex nut to
tighten against the ferrule. Make sure the cut is
even and the lift lever moves to all cutting heights.
Deck
Height
Lever
Remove Hairpin Clips
and Washers Lower
Link
Hanger
Link
Figure 15
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