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TRACTION DRIVE CABLE ADJUSTMENT
1.Run the engine until the fuel tank is empty and the engine stops.
2.Stand the snow thrower up on the front end of the auger housing.
3.Loosen the bolts on each side of the bottom panel (see Figure 34).
Bolt Bottom Panel
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Figure 34
4.Remove the bottom panel,
5.Disconnect the "Z" fitting from the drive lever (see Figure 32).
6.Slide the cable boot off the cable
adjustment bracket (see Figure 35).
7.Push the bottom of the traction drive cable through the cable ad-
justment bracket until the "Z" hook can be removed.
8.Remove the "Z" hook from the
cable adjustment bracket. Move the "Z" hook down to the next ad-
justment hole.
9.Pull the traction drive cable up through the cable adjustment bracket.
10.Put the cable boot over the cable adjustment bracket.
11.Install the "Z" hook to the traction drive lever (see Figure 32).
12.To check the adjustment, depress the drive lever and check the length of one of the drive springs. In cor- rect adjustment, the length of the drive spring is:
minimum 3" (76 mm.) maximum
Drive Spring Figure 36
Drive _/
Cable Boot _/
Cable Adjustment Y | "Z" Hook |
Bracket | Figure 35 |
F 0410108L | 28 |