Attaching the Hopper Assembly

•Remove the 8-3/8” long hex bolt and the hex nut from the bottom of the inlet guide opening. See Figure 2.

•Place the hopper assembly on the ground and hold it in the position.

•Holding the hopper, push hopper pivot door down inside the hopper.

•Slide the hopper assembly towards the chipper- shredder housing so that the upper guide on the hopper assembly slides under the stop washer on each side of the inlet guide.

•Align the two holes (one on each side) of the lower hopper with the two holes (one on each side) of the inlet guide.

•Insert the hex bolt (that you earlier removed) from the left through the hole on the hopper and the inlet guide. Insert the hex nut onto the bolt from the other side.

•Tighten the bolt till the lock nut is engaged. Make sure to remove any side play from the bolt, but the hopper should be able to pivot.

	Inlet Guide Opening
Hex Bolt
Hopper Pivot Door
Stop Washer	Hopper	Hole
		Hex Nut
Inlet
Guide
	Hopper

Figure 2

•To raise the hopper, hold the hopper by the hand- hold and lift it up till it clicks into position.

•To lower the hopper, hold the hopper by the hand- hold and pull the release bar. The hopper should drop down.

•The flap control rod is already attached to the hopper at the top, as indicated in Figure 3. The

other end of the rod has to be attached to the stop washer on the inlet guide.

•Raise the hopper till it clicks into position.

•Unscrew the shoulder bolt from the stop washer on the inlet guide. See Figure 3.

•Align the loose end of the flap control rod with the stop washer on the inlet guide. See Figure 3.

•Slide the shoulder bolt through the opening in the flap control rod. See Figure 3. Secure tightly.

WARNING: This flap control rod is a safety device to hold the flap in place inside the hopper while shredding branches. Do not operate the chipper-shredder without properly attaching this flap control rod to the unit.

Bolt

Hex Nut*

Stop Washer*

Hopper

Flap Control Rod

NOTE: This part is already assembled.

*Do not remove this hardware from the inlet guide assembly while attaching the flap control rod.

Figure 3

Attaching the Discharge Chute

•Remove the wing knobs from each side of the discharge opening on the chipper shredder. See Figure 4.

•Using two 7/16" wrenches, remove hex lock nut, two spacers, and hex bolt from top of the housing assembly. For easy assembly, do not remove the second spacer from the hex bolt.

•Place the discharge chute in position on the discharge opening. Insert hex bolt and spacer through hinge on discharge chute and housing (spacer fits inside of hinge).

•Place second spacer over hex bolt inside the other part of the hinge. Secure with hex lock nut and tighten securely. See Figure 4.

494 specifications

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