Setting Up Your Snow Thrower, Tire Pressure

Shear Pin Storage

An area for convenient shear pin storage is located under the plastic dash panel. See Figure 6.

Chute Clean-Out Tool

The clean-out tool is conveniently fastened to the rear of the auger housing with a mounting clip. See Figure 10.

1.	Release both the auger control and the drive/auger
	control lock.
2.	Stop the engine by moving the throttle to the stop
	position.
3.	Remove the clean-out tool from the mounting clip.
4.	Use the shovel-shaped end of the clean-out tool to
	remove any snow and ice in the chute assembly.
5.	Re-fasten the clean-out tool to the mounting clip on
	the rear of the auger housing and restart engine.

Setting Up

Your Snow

Thrower

6. While standing in the operator’s position (behind the

snow thrower), engage the auger control for a few

seconds to clear any remaining snow or ice from the

Figure 5

CAUTION

chute assembly before continuing to clear snow.

WARNING: Never use your hands to clean snow and ice from the chute assembly or auger housing.

Tire Pressure

The tires are over-inflated for shipping purposes. Check the tire pressure before operating the snow thrower. Refer to the tire side wall for tire manufacturer’s recommended psi and deflate (or inflate) the tires as necessary.

NOTE: If the tire pressure is not equal in both tires, the unit may not travel in a straight path and the shave plate may wear unevenly.

Prior to operating your snow thrower, refer to Auger Control Test on page 13. Read and follow all instructions care- fully and perform all adjustments to verify your unit is operating safely and properly.

Figure 6

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Figure 7

IMPORTANT Under any circum- stance do not exceed manufacturer’s recom- mended psi. Equal tire pressure should be maintained at all times. Excessive pressure when seating beads may cause tire/rim assembly to burst with force sufficient to cause serious injury. Refer to sidewall of tire for recommended pressure.