Bolens 664F, 614E, 644E, 6A4E, 642F, 662E, 642E manual Attaching The Chute Directional Control

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NOTE: Lock nuts cannot be threaded onto a bolt by hand. Tighten with two 7/16” or adjustable wrenches.

Attaching The Chute Directional Control

(Hardware C)

Thread one hex nut about halfway onto eye bolt on the chute directional control.

Insert eye bolt through the hole provided in the left handle. See Figure 11.

Secure with cupped washer (cupped side against the handle) and other hex nut. Do not tighten until after attaching the other end of the chute directional control.

Hex Nut

Cupped

Washer

Eye Bolt

Figure 11

To align the spiral on the chute directional control, you may have to loosen the carriage bolts and hex lock nuts securing lower chute bracket to the extension on the left side of the chute assembly. See Figure 12.

Place one flat washer on the end of the chute directional control, then insert the end of the control into the hole in the plastic bushing in the lower chute bracket.

Place another flat washer on the end of the chute directional control, and insert hairpin clip into hole in the end of control. See Figure 12.

Adjust the chute bracket so that the spiral on the chute directional control fully engages the teeth on the chute assembly.

Tighten nuts on the lower chute bracket securely.

Tighten hex nut on the eye bolt on chute directional control.

Carriage

 

Bolts

 

 

Hex Lock

Lower Chute

Nuts

 

Bracket

 

 

Chute

Hairpin

Directional

Clip

Control

Flat

Lower Chute

Bracket

Washers

 

Figure 12

Lamp Wiring (If Equipped)

If for shipping purposes, the headlight wire was left unattached to the alternator lead, follow the steps below to attach it now:

Unwrap the headlight wire which is attached to the headlight beneath the handle panel. Wind the headlight wire around the right handle until excess slack is removed. See Figure 13.

Lower Handle

Alternator

Lead

Lamp

Wire

Figure 13

Plug the wire from the headlight into the alternator lead coming from the right side of the engine, underneath the fuel tank.

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