ASSEMBLY

ASSEMBLY

 

 

 

Handlebar

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAUTION: AVOID INJURY. Read

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and understand the entire Safety

 

 

 

 

section before proceeding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: The mounting hardware described in

 

 

 

the following assembly procedures is factory-

 

 

 

mounted on the mower in the proper

Frame

 

 

Handlebar

locations.

 

Handlebar Installation

 

Support

 

 

 

1.Remove mower, handlebar and discharge chute from carton. See Figure 3.

Stud

Figure 3

2.Pull both handlebar supports back to vertical position.

3.Remove handlebar mounting hardware from mower frame.

4. Place the lower hole of one end of the handlebar on frame stud. Spread lower ends of handlebar until the opposite end can be installed on frame stud. See Figure 4.

5. Install flanged lock nuts on studs. Do not tighten fully.

6.Install round head square neck bolts through upper holes in frame and handlebar and secure loosely with

Figure 4

Support Handlebar

Clamp Support

 

flanged lock nuts. See Figure 5.

Handlebar

7.

Slide each support clamp on handlebar

 

to align with vertical support and connect

 

 

 

with hex cap screw and flanged lock nut.

 

 

 

See Figure 5.

 

 

8.

Tighten all mounting hardware installed

 

 

 

in steps 5 through 7.

 

 

9.

Tighten hardware securing lower end of

Locknut on Stud

Upper Mounting

 

each handlebar support to frame.

 

Frame

Figure 5

Hardware

 

 

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