MTD 440 Thru E459 manual Hardtop Grass BAG, Parts for Hardtop Grass Bag

HARDTOP GRASS BAG

Parts for Hardtop Grass Bag:

•Rear Frame (packed inside hardtop cover)

•Front Frame

•Bag

•Hardtop Cover

•Mounting Bracket

•Hex Lock Nut

•Phillips Screw

Assemble hardtop grass bag as follows:

•Insert one end of the rear frame into the slit in the cloth channel on the edge of the grass bag (slits are approximately 6 inches from the end of the bag). See Figure 8A. Feed all the bag material on one side of the frame before working it around frame. Make certain the other end of rear frame comes out the slit in the other side. See Figure 8B.

Slit	A
Rear
Frame
B
Figure 8

•Slide the ends of the front frame assembly into the ends of the rear frame as shown in Figure 9A. The handle in front frame assembly goes away from the black plastic bottom of the bag. Push the two frames together until the cross piece on the front frame contacts the rear frame.

•Slip the openings in the side of the plastic channel on bag over hooks on the grass catcher frame. See Figure 9B.

•Secure front of bag to front frame by working the five plastic channels on bottom, sides and top of bag over frame.

A	B
Handle
Black	Hook
Plastic
Bottom

Figure 9

•Hold the bag and frame so the bag hangs from the frame (is not bunched around the frame). Slide the handle on the grass catcher frame down into the slot in the hardtop cover as shown in Figure 10.

Slot In

Hardtop

Cover

Grass

Catcher

Handle

Figure 10

Phillips

Head

Screw

Mounting

Bracket

Hex Lock

Nut

Figure 11

•Press the rear frame into the two tabs at the back of the hardtop cover and the cross bar on the front frame into the channel on the front of the hardtop cover. Some force may be required.

•Place the mounting bracket under the front of the handle, with the tabs on the bracket facing up. Insert phillips head screws down through the hardtop cover and mounting bracket. Secure with hex lock nuts. See Figure 11.

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