Adjustment, Side Discharge Grass Clippings

Figure 13

SIDE DISCHARGE GRASS CLIPPINGS

This mower can also side discharge grass clippings. Follow steps 1 and 2 to ready this mower for side discharge operation.

1.Remove mulching baffle or grass bag adapter. See Figure 10.

2.Attach discharge chute with wing nuts. See Figure 14.

Figure 14

Lower Handle

Figure 15

Side

Discharge

Chute

Wing Nut

Notch

ADJUSTMENT

CAUTION: DO NOT AT ANY TIME MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO LAWNMOWER WITH- OUT FIRST STOPPING THE ENGINE AND DISCONNECTING THE SPARK PLUG WIRE

CAUTION: Before changing mowing height, stop mower and disconnect spark plug cable.

MODELS WITH SINGLE LEVER HEIGHT ADJUSTERS:

Refer to “Controls Section” and Figure 5.

HANDLE HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT

Your mower is shipped with the handle in the higher height position. To lower the han- dle height, proceed as follows.

1.Remove the starter rope and the rope guide.

2.Remove the upper handle by removing the wing nuts and carriage bolts. Lay the up- per handle out of the way, being careful not to bend or kink the cables.

3.Remove the hairpin clips from the weld pins on the handle brackets. Press out on the legs of the lower handle. Remove lower handle from the mower.

4.Turn the lower handle around so the notch on the bottom of the lower handle is fac- ing forward as shown in Figure 15.

Reassemble, placing the bottom holes in the handle over the weld pins in the han- dle mounting bracket.

5.Reassemble the upper handle to the lower handle.

6.Place the hairpin clips in the inner holes of the weld pins and secure with carriage bolts and wing nuts as instructed in the“Set-Up” section of this manual.

7.Attach the starter rope and rope guide as instructed in the “Set-Up” section of this manual.

DRIVE CLUTCH CONTROL ADJUSTMENT

Use the adjustment wheel located on the un- derside of the clutch control housing to tighten the drive belt if mower does not self-propel with the drive clutch control en- gaged, or if drive belt is slipping (unit hesitates while engine maintains the same speed). See Figure 16.

In addition, the adjustment wheel may also be used to determine the position in which the drive clutch control is engaged. If it is more comfortable to have the drive engaged with the lever further away from the handle, tighten the drive belt.

Make certain to retest the unit for neutral as instructed in the operation Section. Move the adjustment wheel in the opposite direction to loosen the drive belt if necessary.