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Section
3
Features and Controls
WARNING
Before operating your machine, care- fully read and understand all safety, controls and operating instructions in this Manual, the separate Engine Owner’s Manual, and on the decals on the machine.
Failure to follow these instructions can result in serious personal injury.
INTRODUCTION
This Section describes the location and function of the controls on your tiller. Refer to the following Section, Operation for detailed operating instructions.
Practice using these controls, with the engine shut off, until you understand the operation of the controls and feel confi- dent with each of them.
Forward Clutch Bail
Depth Regulator
Handlebar Height
Adjustment
Wheel Drive Pin (on each wheel)
Figure
ENGINE CONTROLS
Refer to the engine manufacturer’s Engine Owner’s Manual (included in the tiller liter- ature package) to identify the controls on your engine.
IMPORTANT: The control for stopping the engine is located on the engine.
WHEEL DRIVE PINS
Each wheel is equipped with a wheel drive pin (A, Figures
WARNING
Never allow either of the wheels to be in the FREEWHEEL position when the engine is running. Always put both wheels in the WHEEL DRIVE position before starting the engine.
Failure to comply could cause loss of tiller control, property damage, or per- sonal injury.
Before starting the engine, put both wheels in the WHEEL DRIVE position by inserting the wheel drive pins through the wheel hubs and the wheel shaft. Doing so “locks” the wheels to the wheel shaft, causing the wheels to turn when the For- ward Clutch Bail is engaged.
Use the FREEWHEEL mode only when the engine is not running. In FREEWHEEL, the wheel drive pins are placed only through the holes in the wheel shaft (not the wheel hubs), thus allowing the wheels to turn freely when you manually move the tiller.
To place the wheels in WHEEL DRIVE or
FREEWHEEL:
1.Stop engine, disconnect spark plug wire from spark plug and allow engine to cool.
WARNING
Do not place tiller on its side when changing wheel drive positions. Doing so could result in gasoline leaking from the fuel tank.
Failure to follow this instruction could result in personal injury or property damage.
2.Raise one wheel about one inch off the ground and place a sturdy support under the transmission.
3.Remove hairpin cotter (C, Figures
4.FOR WHEEL DRIVE MODE (Figure
(B). Insert wheel drive pin (A) through wheel hub (D) and wheel shaft (B).
Secure wheel drive pin with hairpin cotter
(C)by pushing hairpin cotter in as far as it will go. Repeat with the other wheel and then remove the support from beneath the transmission.
A
D
B
C
Figure
5.FOR FREEWHEEL MODE (Figure
(C) by pushing hairpin cotter in as far as it will go. Repeat for the other wheel and then remove the support from beneath the transmission.