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FRONT AND REAR MOWER MOUNTING
The mowing unit should be placed in the machine with
the rear roller on the table and front roller held in the
front tooling. The front tooling can be moved side to
side along the tooling bar so they can be positioned as
far apart as necessary to accommodate all reel widths.
Decals on the tooling bar make it easy to position the
tooling based on the width of the reel. To move the
tooling, loosen the knob located at the front of the
tooling base and slide tooling along the tooling bar. The
tooling should be located as close to the frame as
possible leaving the maximum room to use the
position gauge (the gauge will be discussed in the
alignment section). The horizontal position is attained
by using the hand wheel located at the front of the
tooling. If you are grinding a Quick Adjust mowing unit
(QA7 or QA5), use the decals located on the tooling to
quickly position the reel. There are two positions for
each reel depending on how the front roller is mounted.
See FIG 2.
If you are using the all-position brackets, the vertical
and horizontal position can be adjusted by loosening
the knobs located on the side of the tooling and
moving to a new set of pins.
Verify that the reel is positioned properly for the spin
wheel and relief wheel by checking the travel limits,
both wheels will need to have clearance to come off
the reel on both sides. Checking during setup will
eliminate the need for major adjustments and
alignments when going from spin grinding to relief
grinding. When the mower is in place lock it into
position by tightening all knobs. Lift the rear roller onto
the angled bracket and clamp the roller firmly by
squeezing the clamp handle.
REEL POSITION
The reel should be positioned so that it is at a one o’clock
or 30° angle position in reference to the grinding wheel.
See FIG 3. If the all-position brackets are used try to
position the unit so that the bottom of the reel is
between 1.50-2.00" [38-51MM] off the table. When
using the roller mount style tooling try to maintain the
one o’clock position and check for clearance between
the reel and grinding wheel. Verify that the proper relief
angle can be achieved with this setting and make
any adjustments if necessary.
If you are grinding a QA7 or QA5 reel using the roller
style mounts, use the decals located on the tooling to
obtain the optimal position to grind the reel. See fIG 2
FIG. 1
FIG. 3
GETTING TO KNOW YOUR GRINDER (Continued)
TOOLING POSITION
DECAL
QA5 AND QA7 REEL
LOCATION DECAL.
FIG. 2
