Lubricating the Wheel Gears
Service Interval: Yearly—Lubricate the wheel gears.
1. Remove the wheel bolts on the rear wheels and
remove the rear wheels.
2. Apply a lubricating oil to the gear as shown in
Figure 25.
3. Install the rear wheels.
Adjusting the Self-propel Drive
If your mower does not self-propel properly, adjust the
self-propel drive cable.
1. Loosen the nut on the cable mount (Figure 26).
1. Nut on cable mount
Figure 25
Figure 26
2. Pull the upper handle back fully rearward (Figure 27).
3. Pull the cable jacket downward until you remove the
slack in the exposed cable (Figure 28).
1. Exposed cable
4. Push the cable jacket upward 3/16 inch (5 mm)
(Figure 29).
1. Cable mount
Note: You can place a ruler against the upper side
of the cable mount and measure how far the upper
end of the cable jacket moves.
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Figure 27
Figure 28
Figure 29
2. Cable jacket