
Z500 Series Z Master® Gasoline Engine
Mowers
Model No. All Z500 Series Gasoline Engine Mower Models
Loose Parts
Use the chart below to verify that all parts have been shipped.
Form No. 3354-559 Rev A
Setup Instructions
Step
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2
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No parts required
No parts required
Rear wheels
Roll bar, right section
Roll bar, left section
Roll bar, center section
Bolt, (3/8 x 1 inch)
Curved washer
Flange nut, (3/8 inch)
Bolt, (1/2 x 3–1/4 inch)
Flange nut, (1/2 inch)
Control lever, right
Control lever, left
Bolt (3/8 x 1 inch) (2 assembled)
Curved washer (3/8 inch) (2
assembled)
Seat
Flange nuts (installed on the seat)
Description
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Remove parts from the crate.
Check the tire pressure.
Install the drive wheels.
Install the Rollover Protection
System (ROPS).
Install the motion control levers.
Install the seat.
Use
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8111 Lyndale Avenue South
Bloomington, MN 55420
No parts required
Air cleaner
Hose Clamp
Number 2 general purpose lithium
base or molybdenum base grease.
(Purchase separately.)
No parts required
No parts required
No parts required
No parts required
Register at www.Toro.com. Original Instructions (EN)
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1 tube Check the spindles for grease.
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Charge the battery.
Install the air cleaner (Models with
Kohler engines only).
Prepare the side discharge chute.
Check the engine oil level.
Add fuel to the machine.
Check the machine before delivery
to the customer.
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Step
Operator’s Manual
Parts Catalog
Engine Owner’s Manual
14
Registration Card
Safety Video
Key 2
Description
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Delivering the machine to the
customer.
Use
Step
1
Removing Parts from the
Crate
No Parts Required
Procedure
R emo v e the tires and the par ts for the R OPS from
the shipping crate .
Step
2
Checking the Tire Pressure
Step
3
Raising the Machine Up and
Installing the Drive Wheels
Parts needed for this step:
2
Rear wheels
Procedure
1. R emo v e the screws holding the right angle
retaining plate to the crate ( Figure 2 ).
No Parts Required
Procedure
Chec k the air pressure in the front and rear tires .
Pressure: 13 psi (90 kP a)
Figure 1
Figure 2
2. Raise the bac k of the mac hine up and suppor t
it with jac k-stands ( Figure 3 ).
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Figure 3
3. R emo v e the wheel n uts from both sides of the
v ehicle and remo v e the right angle retaining
plate ( Figure 4 ). Discard the screws and
retaining plate .
Step
4
Installing the Roll Over
Protection System
Parts needed for this step:
1
Roll bar, right section
1
Roll bar, left section
1
Roll bar, center section
8
Bolt, (3/8 x 1 inch)
8
Curved washer
8
Flange nut, (3/8 inch)
2
Bolt, (1/2 x 3–1/4 inch)
2
Flange nut, (1/2 inch)
Procedure
1. Loosely install the right and left roll bar section
to the frame , with 8 bolts (3/8 x 1 inc h), 8
cur v ed w ashers , and 8 flang e n uts (3/8 inc h)
( Figure 6 ).
Figure 4
4. Mount the wheels with the v alv e stem to the
outside and secure them with the wheel n uts
previously remo v ed ( Figure 5 ).
Figure 5
5. T or que the wheel n uts to 95 ft-lb (128 N·m).
6. R emo v e the jac k-stands .
Note: T he cur v e w asher cone m ust be
installed to w ard the bolt head.
Figure 6
2. Install the lanyard clips onto the long bolts
(1/2 x 3-1/4 inc h) ( Figure 7 ).
Note: Mak e sure the bent tab points to w ard
the head of the bolt.
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Figure 7
3. Lightly oil the ends of the center roll bar
section.
4. Loosely install the center roll bar section using
2 bolts (1/2 x 3-1/4 inc h) and 2 flang e n uts
(1/2 inc h) ( Figure 8 ).
Note: Mak e sure the bolts are installed from
the outside of the roll bar .
Note: Mak e sure the lanyard tab is installed
as sho w and points forw ard.
Figure 9
6. T or que all lo w er fasteners , attac hed to the
mac hine frame , to 30 ft-lb .
7. Tighten the center roll bar bolts (1/2 x 3-1/4
inc h) so it rotates freely with some resistance
( Figure 10 ).
Note: No more than one thread should be
exposed outside the n ut.
Figure 8
5. Raise the roll bar into the upright position and
secure it with the pins and hair pin cotter pins
fastened to the lanyards ( Figure 9 ).
Figure 10
8. Tighten the front knobs ag ainst the center roll
bar ends ( Figure 11 ).
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