Maintaining Height–of–Cut and Performance
To accurately maintain height–of–cut and performance,
routinely check the following components:
Reel Bearings: Check for play and roughness. Replace
if necessary. If adjustable, adjust to “no“ lash while main-
taining free rotation of the reel.
Bedknife to Reel Adjustment: Before performing any
set–up procedures, it is critical that the reel and knife
cutting edges are straight and sharp. Lap or grind as
necessary. Adjust as needed to ensure the knife and
reel contact their full length with LIGHT contact and
free–reel rotation.
Attitude Adjustment: If the unit has this capability, set
for height–of–cut used.
Roller Parallelism: Check for loose roller bearings. Ad-
just or replace as necessary. First parallel the front or
rear roller, which ever is not used for setting height–of–
cut. This paralleling roller is set to match the reel using
a surface plate–type fixture.
Height–of–Cut: Set to desired height using an accurate
tool. This procedure must be done exactly the same on
each cutting unit. NOTE: As reel cutting unit design and
configuration continue to evolve, height–of–cut settings
may need modifying to retain visual and playability
goals.
Bedknife to Reel Adjustment
Properly adjusting the bedknife to the reel is one of the
most effective preventive maintenance practices for reel
mowers. The amount of contact and how frequently it is
checked are major factors in performance. A light con-
tact adjustment, if maintained, will help keep cutting
edges sharp on the reel and bedknife. This requires that
the adjustment be checked frequently at a predeter-
mined time interval. Dulled cutting edges cannot be cor-
rected immediately by adjustment or over–tightening.
Do not wait until the quality of cut has deteriorated to
check the adjustment.
NOTE: If the cutting edges on the reel blades and bed-
knife are not straight and sharp the results may not be
acceptable. This is true even if all other set–up proce-
dures are correct.
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