MTD 90-182 Attaching Support Bracket Assembly, Assembling Support Brackets, Attaching Bracket

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Assembling Support

Brackets

Model Series 650 through 699

IMPORTANT: Before assembly, place the tractor on a firm, level surface, disengage the PTO, stop the tractor engine and set the parking brake.

1. Remove the top four self-tapping screws from the rear of the lawn tractor. See Figure 7 on the previous page.

2. Place the right hand grass catcher support bracket (F1 from Figure 4), in position, with the wide end on top and the narrow end pointing down as shown in Figure 8.

3. Secure the support bracket to the tractor frame with two

Figure 9self-tapping screws earlier removed. Refer to Figure 8. Repeat on the other side using part F2 from Figure 4.

Outer holes

NOTE: If the grass collection system is removed for any reason, it is not necessary to remove the support brackets from the tractor.

4. Insert a shoulder bolt (C in Figure 4) from the outside of the bracket through the outer hole on the support bracket. Secure with a nut (A in Figure 4). See Figure 8 for details. Repeat on other side.

NOTE: The reference above to “the outer hole” means the hole furthest away from the frame.

Figure 10

Attaching Bracket

Assembly

 

Model Series 650 through 699

1.

Remove the two nuts and bolts on each side of the

 

mounting bracket holding the hitch plate.

2.

Rotate the hitch plate 180° from its original position.

 

Re-insert the four bolts through mounting bracket

 

and hitch plate frame and secure with nuts removed

 

earlier. Use the outer holes (furthest from the mount-

 

ing hooks) on the mounting bracket. See Figure 10.

3.

For convenience, pivot the seat forward and leave it in

 

that position until the grass collector is fully mounted

 

and assembled.

4. Position the hooked ends of the mounting bracket

 

assembly to the outside of the support brackets and

 

over the shoulder bolts just installed on both sides of

Figure 11

the tractor frame. See Figure 11.

 

5. Insert the clevis pin (J in Fig. 4) through the aligned

 

holes in both the bracket assembly and the hitch plate

 

and secure with the hairpin clip (I in Fig. 4). See

 

Figure 12 for reference.

IMPORTANT: There are two holes in the clevis pin. Be sure to insert the hairpin clip in the upper hole to properly secure the bracket assembly to the hitch plate.

Upper Hole

Figure 12

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Attaching

Support

Bracket &

Bracket

Assembly

Model Series 650 through 699

IMPORTANT:

Before assembly, place

the tractor on a firm,

level surface, disengage the PTO, turn off tractor engine and set the park- ing brake.

NOTE:

If the grass collection system is removed for any reason, it is not necessary to remove the support brackets from the tractor.

IMPORTANT:

There are two holes in the clevis pin. Be sure to insert the hairpin clip in the upper hole to properly secure the bracket assembly to the hitch plate.



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