Now that the hot weather has arrived its time to put solid rollers on the greens mowers. This helps reduce stress and also helps the greens mowers not dig into the turf.
First loosen up the roller pinch bolt on each side of the reel.
Slide the roller to the left and then remove the groomer adjustment nut (if you have groomers).
Remove height adjuster bolt. You only need to take of one side.
Slide the height adjuster bracket over enough that roller will clear bracket. Slide out roller. Put in solid roller and put back together in reverse order. Little tip here - tighten height bracket before tightening the roller pinch bolts. This will keep you from bowing adjuster brackets. Which can put stress on reel.
Now is also a good time to adjust reel and face bed knife if needed.
Check the contact and adjust until reel cuts paper. I faced the bed knives on all the greens mowers. I just ground them last week so still cutting great.
Very important that you check the height of cut afterwards. Anytime you loosen and remove stuff never assume that the height hasn't changed. The solid rollers are about ..020 bigger than the grooved rollers.
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