Toro 78536 Installation Instructions
Form No. 3355-152 Rev A
Blower and Drive Kit
For 48in E-Z Vac® Bagger for Z400 Series Z Master®
Mowers
Model No. 78536 —Serial No. 260000001 and Up
Installation Instructions
Note: Deter mine the left and right sides of the mac hine from the nor mal operating position.
Loose Parts
Use the chart below to verify that all parts have been shipped.
Step
1
2
3
4
5
Step
1
Preparing the Mower
No parts required
Template 1
Template 2
Pulley assembly
Pivot bracket
Metal template
Bolt (3/8 x 1 inch)
Nut (3/8 inch)
Blower assembly
Bagger belt
Blower belt cover
Spring
Description
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1
1
1
1
1
3
3
1
1
1
1
Prepare the mower.
Modify the mower deck.
Install the pulley assembly.
Install the pivot bracket.
Install the blower, bagger belt,
spring, and belt cover.
Use
4. Clean the mo w er of any debris on the dec k or
rear par t of the mo w er to ease installation.
Note: Clean the area around the belt co v er
before remo ving .
5. Unlatc h and remo v e the right belt co v er . Sa v e
this hardw are .
No Parts Required
Procedure
P erfor m the follo wing procedure to pre pare the
mo w er for attac hing the blo w er and finishing kit.
1. Diseng ag e the PTO , mo v e the motion control
lev ers to the neutral loc k ed position and set
the parking brak e .
2. Stop the engine , remo v e the k ey , and w ait for
all mo ving par ts to stop before lea ving the
operating position.
3. R e pair all bent or damag ed areas of mo w er
dec k and re place any missing par ts .
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6. Store the right belt co v er for later use . If the
bag g er blo w er and pulley is remo v ed it can be
reused.
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Step
7. Using a right angle g rinder with a cutting
disk, cut the mo w er dec k as mark ed from the
templates ( Figure 2 ).
2
Modifying the Mower Deck
Parts needed for this step:
1
Template 1
1
Template 2
Procedure
T he use of a right angle g rinder with a cutting
disk and a g rinding disk are recommended for this
procedure . F ollo w all safety r ules and infor mation
that w as included with the right angle g rinder .
1. Lo w er the mo w er dec k to the lo w est
height-of-cut position.
2. Cut out templates 1 and 2 located in the bac k
of the man ual.
3. T ape template n umber 1 into position as sho w
in Figure 1 .
8. Use the right angle g rinder with a g rinding disk
to smooth the rough edg es after the cut outs
are made . Mak e sure to g rind smooth the w eld
that remains after the material is remo v ed.
Figure 2
1. Remove material from the
mower deck
2. Mower deck
3. Right angle grinder
Step
4. Mark the edg es sho wn on template n umber 1.
5. T ape template 2 into position as sho w in
Figure 1 .
6. Mark the edg es as sho wn on template 2.
Figure 1
1. Template number 1 3. Template number 2
2. 48 inch (123 cm) mower
deck
3
Installing the Pulley
Assembly
Parts needed for this step:
1
Pulley assembly
Procedure
1. Loosen, but do not remo v e , the tapping bolts
on the existing mo w er dec k pulley ( Figure 3 ).
T here should be a 3/16 inc h (5 mm) clearance
betw een the bolt head and pulley .
2. Align the new pulley assembly so that the
openings fit o v er the pulley bolt heads ( Figure
3 ).
3. T ur n the pulley to loc k it into position ( Figure
3 ).
Note: If the pulley does not tur n, loosen
the bolts to raise the bolt heads and allo w the
pulley to loc k into position.
2
4. After the new pulley assembly is in position,
tighten the existing bolts to secure new pulley
assembly .
Note: T or que the bolts to 23 ft-lb ± 2 ft-lb
(31 N ⋅ m ± 3 N ⋅ m).
Figure 4
1. Bolt 3. Mower deck
2. Belt cover support bracket
Figure 3
1. Pulley assembly 4. Bolt heads
2. Mower deck pulley
3. Locking slots
5. 3/16 inch (5mm)
5. R emo v e the belt co v er suppor t brac k et from
the mo w er dec k ( Figure 4 ).
Step
4
Installing the Pivot Bracket
Parts needed for this step:
1
Pivot bracket
1
Metal template
3
Bolt (3/8 x 1 inch)
3
Nut (3/8 inch)
Procedure
1. Align the metal template , with the n umber 48
in it, to the mo w er dec k edg e and clamp it
tightly to the mo w er dec k ( Figure 5 ).
2. Center punc h the new mo w er dec k hole
locations using the 3 holes in the template
( Figure 5 ).
3. R emo v e the metal template and drill three , 1/8
inc h diameter , pilot holes with a shar p drill bit
( Figure 5 ).
4. Drill three , 13/32 inc h diameter , holes into the
pilot holes with a shar p drill bit ( Figure 5 ).
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