Attaching Upper Handle, Attaching Brake Cable

•Install the hex bolts and flange nuts from group 4 of the hardware pack. Using two 1/2” wrenches, tighten securely. See Figure 2.

Lower Handle

Figure 2

Attaching Upper Handle

•Place the upper handle in position over the lower handle keeping the blade control handle facing up.

•Secure the upper handle to the lower handle using the carriage bolts, lock washers and hex nuts from group 2 of the hardware pack. Make sure that the carriage bolt heads go on the outside of the handle. See Figure 3.

Lock

Washer

Hex Nut

Carriage Bolt

Figure 3

Attaching Brake Cable

NOTE: The brake cable is attached to the engine from the factory. You will have to attach the free end of the cable to the upper handle.

Snap Fitting

Brake

Cable

Figure 4

•Route the cable under the lower handle.

•On the opposite end of the cable housing is a snap fitting. The shaft inside the snap fitting fits in the second hole on the upper handle. Press the snap fitting in place as shown in Figure 4. Make sure that the blade control handle is on top of the upper handle.

Attaching Blade Control Handle

NOTE: If the blade control handle got displaced either during shipping and handling or during assembly of other two handles, reassemble it now. If the blade control handle is firmly secured in place, you may proceed to the next assembly.

WARNING: The blade control handle is a safety device. Never attempt to bypass its operations.

•To reattach the blade control handle to the upper handle, first identify the proper holes in the upper handle. This can be done by placing the blade control handle flat against the upper handle. The ends of the blade control handle will approximate the hole positions.

•Insert the curved end of the blade control handle into the right hole. See Figure 5.

•Squeeze the handle in, and insert the straight end of the blade control handle into the left hole of the upper handle.

•Squeeze the blade control handle against the upper handle to check for proper assembly.

NOTE: The hole in the blade control handle must be on the left side and the control handle must touch the upper handle when squeezed.

Blade Control

Handle

Insert one end of control handle here

Figure 5

Attaching Z Fitting

•Hold the cable end near the left side of the upper handle and hook the “Z” end of the brake cable into the blade control handle from the inside to the outside. See Figure 6.

20 specifications

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