Troy-Bilt 13A-344-563 Benutzerhandbuch

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Place the deck in the highest position.

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Wearing a pair of heavy work gloves to prevent 
injury, rotate the cutting blade so that it is pointed 
front to back and parallel to the rider. Depress and 
lock the deck engagement pedal.

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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 14 .

 Do not try to loosen/ tighten bottom nut.

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Thread the middle nut as far down as possible.

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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.

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Thread the middle nut up against the base of the 
ferrule. See Figure 14 . 

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Tighten the upper nut against the top of the ferrule 
to lock adjustment.

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Place the deck in the highest position.

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Wearing heavy work gloves 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. 

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Loosen the middle hex nut. 

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Thread the top hex nut up or down in order to set 
both tips of the blade at an equal height from the 
ground. Remember to thread the nut down to raise 
the deck, and thread up to lower the deck.

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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. 

 

There are two drive belts and one deck belt in your rider
mower; follow the description below to identify the belts. 

1.

The lower drive belt goes from the variable speed 
pulley to the transmission pulley. 

2.

The upper drive belt goes from the variable speed 
pulley to the upper sheave of engine pulley.

3.

The deck belt goes from the deck pulley to the 
lower sheave in engine pulley.

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Periodically check to see if these belts are too loose 
or damaged through wear and tear. If so, replace 
with new belt. 

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Engage the parking brake and turn the ignition off. 
Pivot the seat frame up and remove the 
grasscatcher. Remove the spark plug wire.

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Put the deck at the lowest cutting height by 
adjusting the cutting height adjustment lever to the 
lowest position.

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Using a 9/16” wrench, loosen the hex nut on the 
idler pulley. See Figure 15.   

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Using a 1/2” socket wrench, remove two self-
tapping screws, lock washer and hex nut that hold 
the deck belt cover to the deck. See Figure 15 . For 
this, you will have to work from the top left side of 
the mower. Remove the cover. 

Do not adjust hex nut

Loosen hex nuts 
to adjust

Remove Hairpin Clips 

and Washers