SERVICE AND ADJUSTMENTS
CAUTION: Disconnect spark plug wire from spark plug and place wire where it cannot come into contact with plug.
TILLER
TO ADJUST HANDLE HEIGHT (See Fig. 15)
Factory assembly has provided lowest handle height. Select handle height best suited for your tilling conditions. Handle height will be different when tiller digs into soil.
•If a higher handle height is desired, loosen the four nuts securing handle panel to engine brackets.
•Slide handle panel to desired location.
•Tighten the four nuts securely.
ENGINE BRACKETS
HANDLE
PANEL
NUTS (ALSO 2
ON LEFT SIDE
OF TILLER)
FIG. 15
TINE ARRANGEMENT
Your outer tines can be assembled in several different ways to suit your tilling or cultivating needs.
CAUTION: Tines are sharp. Wear gloves or other protection when han- dling tines.
NORMAL TILLING - 24" PATH (See Fig. 16)
•Assemble holes “A” in tine hubs to holes “B” in tine shaft.
CLEVIS | OUTER |
PIN | TINE |
A | A |
| |
B | B |
tine_4 |
|
HAIRPIN CLIP | INNER TINE |
FIG. 16
•Assemble holes “A” in tine hubs to holes “C” in tine shaft.
A | C | C | A |
tine_5 |
|
|
|
FIG. 17
NARROW TILLING/CULTIVATING -
•Remove outer tines.
tine_6 |
INNER TINES ONLY |
FIG. 18
NOTE: When reassembling outer tines, be sure right tine assembly (marked “R”) and left tine assembly (marked “L”) are mounted to correct side of tine shaft.
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