•You will reach correct adjustment when there is minimal slack in the cable but it is not tight. Hold the flats on the ferrule with pliers and tighten the jam nut against the ferrule.
CAUTION: Cables will become loose if you do not tighten the jam nut.
WARNING: There must not be any tension on either clutch cable with the drive or auger clutch grip in the disengaged (up) position. These clutches are a safety feature. Do not override their function.
Attaching Shift Rod
• | Place the shift lever in the sixth (6) speed. |
• | Place the bent end of the shift rod into the hole in the |
| shift arm assembly. See Figure 10 . Secure with 5/16 |
| flat washer and hairpin clip from group D of the |
| hardware pack. |
• | Thread ferrule (included in group C) from the right |
•Secure the ferrule to the shift lever with another 5/ 16 flat washer and hairpin clip from group C of the hardware pack. See Figure 10 .
•Check for correct adjustment of the shift rod, as instructed in the Adjustment section, before operating the snow thrower.
Attaching Turn Triggers
•Check and make sure that the right hand trigger cable is routed in front of the traction drive cable.
•Feed the trigger cable up through the outer side of the slot in the handle panel. Do not feed the cable through the same side of the slot as the Z fitting.
•Place the cable barrel fitting into the hole in the trigger. You can find the triggers and associated hardware in group H of the hardware pack. See Figure 11 .
Trigger
Assembly
side onto the other end of the shift rod till it lines up |
with the upper hole in the shift lever (beneath the |
handle panel). While aligning the ferrule, push |
down on the shift rod and the shift arm assembly |
as far as it will go. |
Inner Cable
Cable
Trigger Housing
NOTE: You may have to pull the shift lever out of the sixth speed position and move it towards the fifth speed position until the ferrule slides into the hole without force.
•Once the ferrule slides into the hole, turn it
Figure 10 .
Shift
Lever Chute Distance
Control
Traction |
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Drive |
| Hairpin | |
Clutch | Ferrule | ||
Clip | |||
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| Flat | |
| Shift | Washer | |
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| Rod |
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Shift Arm
Assembly
Barrel |
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Slot | |||
Fitting | |||
| Cable snaps in at | ||
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| this end | |
Figure 11
•Pull on the cable and rotate it around the bottom of the trigger, with the inner cable in the slot, until the cable end can be pushed into the trigger housing and snapped tight. See Figure 11 .
NOTE: When the cable is installed correctly, you should not be able to pull the cable out of the trigger housing.
•Place the right turn trigger in position underneath the right handle. Secure with screw and weld nut from group G of the hardware pack. See Figure 5. You will need a phillips screwdriver for tightening the screw. Repeat on the left side.
Secure with screw
Weld Nut
Flat
Hairpin Washer
Clip
Slot
Turn Trigger
Figure 10
Figure 12
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