SERVICE AND ADJUSTMENTS
CAUTION: Disconnect spark plug wire from spark plug and place wire where it cannot come into contact with plug.
TILLER
TO ADJUST HANDLE HEIGHT (See Fig. 23)
Select handle height best suited for your tilling conditions. Handle height will be different when tiller digs into soil.
•First loosen handle lock lever.
•Handle can be positioned at different settings between “HIGH” and “LOW” positions.
•Retighten handle lock lever securely after adjusting.
HANDLE (HIGH POSITION)
HANDLE LOCK
LEVER
HANDLE
(LOW POSITION)
Fig. 23
TIRE CARE
CAUTION: When mounting tires, unless beads are seated, overinflation can cause an explosion.
•Maintain 20 pounds of tire pressure. If tire pressures are not equal, tiller will pull to one side.
•Keep tires free of gasoline or oil which can damage rubber.
TO REMOVE WHEEL (See Fig. 24)
•Place blocks under transmission to keep tiller from tipping.
•Remove hairpin clip and clevis pin from wheel.
•Remove wheel and tire.
•Repair tire and reassemble.
CLEVIS PIN
HAIRPIN CLIP
TO REMOVE BELT GUARD (See Fig. 25)
NOTE: For ease of removal, remove hairpin clip and clevis pin from left wheel. Pull wheel out from tiller about 1 inch.
•Remove two (2) screws from side of belt guard.
•Remove hex nut and washer from bottom of belt guard (located behind wheel).
•Pull belt guard out and away from unit.
•Replace belt guard by reversing above procedure.
BELT GUARD | SCREW AND WASHER |
| HEX NUT |
| AND |
| WASHER |
| (LOCATED |
| BEHIND |
| TIRE) |
SCREW |
|
AND |
|
WASHER | HAIRPIN CLIP AND CLEVIS PIN |
|
Fig. 25
TO REPLACE GROUND DRIVE BELT (See Figs. 25 and 26)
•Remove belt guard as described in “TO REMOVE BELT GUARD”.
•Remove old belt by slipping off engine pulley first then remove from transmission pulley.
•Place new belt in groove of transmission pulley and into engine pulley. BELT MUST BE IN GROOVE ON TOP OF IDLER PULLEY. NOTE POSITION OF BELT TO GUIDES.
•Check belt adjustment as described below.
•Replace belt guard.
•Reposition wheel and replace clevis pin and hairpin clip.
GROUND DRIVE BELT ADJUSTMENT (See Fig. 26)
For proper belt tension, the extension spring should have about 5/8 inch (16 mm) stretch when Tine control are in “ENGAGED” position. This tension can be attained as follows:
•Loosen cable clip screw securing the drive control cable.
•Slide cable forward for less tension and rearward for more tension until about 5/8 inch (16 mm) stretch is obtained while the Tine control are engaged.
•Tighten cable clip screw securely.
Fig. 24
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