Bolens Series 544 manual Grass Catcher Assembly

Attaching Rear Wheels

•Remove hardware from hardware pack.

•Insert shoulder screw through wave washer, flat washer, rear wheel, and spring washer.

•Secure shoulder screw with hardware to rear pivot bar. See Figure 5.

Spring Washer

Wave Washer

Shoulder

Screw

Flat Washer

Rear Wheel

Figure 5

Attaching Starter Rope

•The rope guide is attached to the right side of upper handle. Loosen the wing nut which secures the rope guide. See Figure 6.

Starter	Upper Handle
Rope
	Wing Nut

Rope

Guide

Lower

Handle

Figure 6

•With the spark plug wire disconnected and grounded, hold the blade control handle against the upper handle, and pull the starter rope out of the engine. Release the blade control handle. Slip the starter rope into the rope guide. Tighten the wing nut.

Grass Catcher Assembly

NOTE: Make certain the grass bag is turned right side out before assembling (warning label will be on the outside).

1.Frame Assembly

2.Bag

Assembling Soft Top Grass Catcher

•Place the bag over the frame (black plastic side is the bottom of bag). Slip the openings in the side of the plastic channels on the bag over the hooks on the grass catcher frame.

•Secure bag to frame by working the plastic channels on bag over frame as shown in Figure 7B. All of the plastic channels except the center top of the bag attach from the outside of bag. The center top of the bag attaches from inside the bag.

A	Plastic	B
	Channels	Frame
		Hook
	Frame
	Assembly
	Bag
		Plastic
		Channels

Figure 7

Attaching Grass Catcher To Mower

•Lift the rear discharge door and place the grass catcher on the pivot rod. Let go of discharge door so that it rests on the grass catcher. See Figure 8.

Figure 8

IMPORTANT: Make sure cables are routed to the outside of the handle so they are not in the way when attaching the grass catcher.

WARNING: Never operate the mower unless the hooks on the grass catcher are firmly seated on the chute pivot rod, and the rear discharge door rests firmly against the top of the grass catcher.

Removing Grass Catcher

•Lift the rear discharge door on the mower, and lift the grass catcher up.

•Release the rear discharge door.

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