Craftsman 486.2484 owner manual Anti-Rotation, HEX Bolt Bracket, Flange Plastic CAP, Chute Keeper

Coat the top of the ring around the discharge opening with general purpose grease. See figure 21.

Place the discharge chute (facing forward) onto the

ring. Place the anti-rotation bracket on top of the chute flange, aligning it with the holes on the right hand side of the flange. Attach the three chute keepers (right side up as shown) to the bottom of the flange using six 1/4" x 1" hex bolts, 1/4" flat washers and 1/4" hex lock nuts. Tighten carefully so that the nuts are snug but do not dig into the plastic chute keepers. See figure 21.

Place the plastic cap onto the short end of the anti- rotation bracket, See figure 21.

Pull the crank.rod spiral out away from the dis- charge chute to prevent tightness between the spiral and the notches in the chute flange.

Tighten the n_ts assembled in figure 20

Check if the crank rod rotates the chute freely. If not, loosen by 1/4 turn each of the six hex bolts holding the chute keepers to the chute flange.

Secure the control cables to the crank rod support tube using a nylon tie.

1/4" x 1"	I	/
	ANTI-ROTATION
HEX BOLT	BRACKET	/
1/4" FLAT

FLANGE

PLASTIC CAP..._

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GREASED

CHUTE KEEPER

1/4" HEX

LOCK NU_._

FIGURE 21 RIGHT SIDE VIEW

A'I-rACHING SNOW THROWER TO TRACTOR

NOTE: An additional person's help may be required to

mount the snow thrower to the front of the tractor.

•Place the tractor and snow thrower on a flat, level surface so that the tractor can be rolled forward to attach the snow blower.

•Remove the Attachment Pin from the snow thrower,

•Extend the belt out behind the snow thrower, making sure the belt is still looped over the top of the large drive pulley and underneath the two idler pulleys. The "V" side of the belt must be seated in the grooves of all three pulleys.

•Roll the tractor up behind the snow thrower, center- ing it between the snow thrower's mounting plates.

•Raise the rear of the snow thrower by lifting up on the lift handle until the notches in the mounting plates align with the shoulder bolts in the tractor's side plates. Guide the bolts into the notches.

•To ease the assembly of the auger drive belt, delay the installation of the attachment pin shown in

figure 22 until you have assembled the belt as instructed for figure 23.

A'I-rACHMENT PIN

1/8" HAIRPIN co'n'ER

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SHOULDER

BOLT

FIGURE 22 RIGHT SIDE VIEW

INSTALLING THE AUGER DRIVE BELT

When assembling the belt under the tractor, hold this

manual above you so that you will be viewing the belt

diagram and the tractor from the same direction.

•To attach the auger drive belt, the lift handle should pushed down to increase slack in the belt.

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