MTD 795, 792, 791, 790 manual Attaching The Seat, Standard Adjustment Seat, Quick Adjustment Seat

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Attaching The Seat

Seat styles vary by tractor model and there are three different styles available:

Standard Adjustment

Quick Adjustment &

Knob Adjustment

Refer to Figure 4, Figure 5 and Figure 6 to identify your tractor’s seat style and follow applicable instructions below.

NOTE: For shipping reasons, seats are either fastened to the tractor seat’s pivot bracket with a plastic tie, or mounted backward to the pivot bracket. In either case, free the seat form its shipping position and remove the two hex screws (or knobs, on models so equipped) from the bottom of seat before proceeding with applicable instructions below.

Standard Adjustment Seat

1.Position the shoulder screws (found on the base of the seat) inside the slot openings in the seat pivot bracket. Figure 4.

2.Slide the seat slightly rearward in the seat pivot bracket, lining up the rear slots in the pivot bracket with the remaining two holes in the seat’s base.

3.Select desired position for the seat, and secure with the two hex screws removed earlier. See Figure 4.

Quick Adjustment Seat

NOTE: If your seat was shipped mounted backwards on the seat pivot bracket, pull out the tab found on the seat stop and hold it open while sliding the seat off the seat pivot bracket. See Figure 5.

1.Line up the plastic seat spacers with the slots in seat pivot bracket.

2.Slide seat in until front seat spacer engages the seat stop. See Figure 5.

WARNING: Before operating this machine, make sure the seat is engaged in the seat stop, stand behind the machine and pull back on seat until fully engaged into stop.

Knob Adjustment Seat

1.Position the shoulder screws (found on the base of the seat) inside the slot openings in the seat pivot bracket. Figure 6.

2.Slide the seat slightly rearward in the seat pivot bracket, lining up the rear slots in the pivot bracket with the remaining two holes in the seat’s base.

3.Select desired position for the seat, and secure with the two knobs removed earlier. See Figure 6.

Standard Adjustment

Hex Screws

Shoulder

Screws

Opening

in Slot

Pivot Bracket

Figure 4

Quick Adjustment

Seat Stop

Tab

Pivot Bracket

Figure 5

Knob Adjustment

Knobs

Shoulder

Screws

Opening

in Slot

Figure 6

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