SECTION 4: SET-UP INSTRUCTIONS
AUGER SHEAR BOLTS
| Shear Bolts | The augers are secured to the auger shaft with two shear bolts | |||||
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| and hex lock nuts. If you hit a foreign object or ice jam, the snow | ||||||
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| thrower is designed so that the bolts will shear. Two replacement | ||||||
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| NOTE: Reference to right or left side of the snow | |||
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| thrower is from behind the unit in the operating | |||
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| IMPORTANT: Check the | adjustments | as | |
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| instructed on page 6, and make any final | |||
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| adjustments necessary before operating your snow | |||
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| thrower. Failure to follow the instructions may cause | |||
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| damage to the snow thrower. |
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| 1. | Remove screws from the top sides and ends of | ||
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| the shipping crate. |
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| Wing Nuts, |
| 2. | Set top, side, and end panels aside to avoid tire | ||
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| punctures or personal injury. |
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| and Bolts |
| 3. | Remove and discard plastic bag that covers unit. | ||
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| 4. | Roll unit out of crate. |
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| 5. | Remove the lower two plastic wing nuts, cupped | ||
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| washers and carriage bolts from each side of the | ||
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| lower handle. See Figure 3. |
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| 6. | The chute directional control may be attached to | ||
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| the lower handle with cable ties for shipping | ||
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| purposes, if so cut the cable ties and remove the | ||
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| chute directional control at this time. |
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| 7. | Raise the upper handle assembly until it locks | ||
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| over the lower handle. See Figure 3 and Figure 4. | ||
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| Nut, |
| 8. | Secure the upper handle and lower handle with | ||
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| the two plastic wing nuts, cupped washers and | ||
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| carriage bolts previously removed. See Figure 4. | |||
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| 9. | Slide the shift rod connector down over the end | ||
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| of the lower shift rod. See Figure 5. Tap the | ||
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| connector until it locks on the lower shift rod. | ||
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| NOTE: If the connector is not properly assembled, | ||||
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| Upper Chute | the shift rod will pivot and you will not be able to shift | ||||
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| Rod |
| 10. | Remove the hairpin clip from the end of the | ||
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| upper chute directional control. Slide the upper | ||
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| chute directional control into | the lower | chute | |
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| directional control. Align the holes, and secure | |||||
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| with hairpin clip. See Figure 5. |
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| Hairpin |
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| Clip |
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Shift Rod |
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Chute |
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Directional
Control
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