Motion control damper adjustment, Maintenance – Exmark FrontRunner Air-Cooled User Manual

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Maintenance

up and support with jack stands (or equivalent
support) just high enough to allow the drive
wheels can rotate freely.

2. Unhook seat latch and tilt seat forward.

3. Remove the electrical connection from the seat

safety switch, located directly to the left of the seat
switch assembly beside the hydraulic oil reservoir.

Temporarily install a jumper wire across the
terminals in the connector of the main wiring
harness.

4. Run the unit at least 5 minutes with the drive

levers at full forward speed to bring hydraulic
system oil up to operating temperature.

5. Loosen lock nuts from the ball joints at each end

of the pump control linkage (Figure 20).

Figure 20

Right-Hand Side of Unit

1.

Turn here to adjust

2.

Loosen here (right-hand
thread)

6. Start engine. Brake must be engaged and

motion control levers out to start engine.
Operator does not have to be in the seat
because of the jumper wire being used.
Run
engine at full throttle and release brake.

7. The reverse indicator spring must be correct

before the following adjustments can be made.
See the Reverse Indicator Adjustment section.

Note: The motion control lever needs to be in
neutral while making any necessary adjustments.
The left rod assembly controls the left wheel and
the right rod assembly controls the right wheel.

8. Bring the motion control lever into the neutral

position. Adjust RH pump control rod length

by rotating the double nuts on the rod in the
appropriate direction until the wheels slightly
creep in reverse (Figure 20). Move the motion
control lever to the reverse position and while
applying slight pressure to the lever allow the
reverse indicator spring to bring the levers back to
neutral. The wheel must stop turning or slightly
creep in reverse. When adjustment is complete,
tighten lock nuts onto ball joints.

9. Bring the LH motion control lever into the

neutral position. Adjust the LH pump control rod
length by rotating the tracking adjustment knob in
the appropriate direction until the wheels slightly
creep in reverse. Move the motion control lever
to the reverse position and while applying slight
pressure to the lever allow the reverse indicator
spring to bring the levers back to neutral. The
wheel must stop turning or slightly creep in
reverse (Figure 21).

Figure 21

Left-Hand Side of Unit

1.

Turn LH tracking adjustment knob. (Do Not loosen any
nuts on LH side)

10. Shut off unit. Remove jumper wire from wire

harness connector and plug connector into seat
switch.

Motion Control Damper
Adjustment

The top damper mounting bolt can be adjusted to
obtain a more desired motion control lever resistance.
See Figure 22 for mounting options.

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