Craftsman 486.24207 owner manual Snap Flap

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Secure the bag corners around the lower hopper tubes by snapping the bag fl aps to the bag bottom. See fi gure 15.

SNAP

FLAP

 

FIGURE 15

Insert the hopper bag rod through the upper hole in the upper hopper tubes and the through the stitched sleeve at the front of the wind screen. See fi gure 16.

Assemble two palnuts by lightly tapping them onto the ends of the pivot rod with a hammer. See fi gure 16.

HINT: To ease assembly of the palnuts, place the bag on its side on a hard surface. With the bottom end of the pivot rod against the surface, tap a palnut onto the top end of the rod. Repeat for other end of rod.

HOPPER

BAG ROD WIND SCREEN

PALNUT

UPPER HOLE

IMPORTANT: Do not over bend the support rods during the following step. Over bending will cause the spring steel rods to loose supporting tension.

Assemble the two hopper support rods as shown in fi gure 17. Place the ends of the rods into the upper and lower hopper tubes, bending the rod just enough to fi t into the holes in the tubes.

SUPPORT

RODS

FIGURE 17

Align two hopper mount clamps with the lower hole in each upper hopper tube. Insert a 3/8" x 3" clevis pin through the clamps and the upper hopper tube. Assemble a bag arm tube onto the clevis pin and secure it with a 3/32" hair cotter pin. See fi gure 18.

Assemble a vinyl cap onto each bag arm tube as shown in fi gure 18.

HOPPER

MOUNT

CLAMPS

VINYL CAP

3/8" x 3"

CLEVIS PIN

3/32" HAIR

COTTER PIN

BAG ARM TUBE

FIGURE 16

FIGURE 18

 

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