Bolens 544 manual Attaching Rear Wheels, Attaching Starter Rope, Assembling Grass Catcher

•Remove hairpin clip from the outer hole of the weld pin on each handle brackets. Using a pair of pliers, squeeze one leg of the lower handle against the handle bracket. Insert the hairpin clip into the inner hole on the weld pin. Repeat on the other side. See Figure 5.

•After moving the hairpin clip, insert the carriage bolt, from Group A of the hardware pack, in the upper hole on the handle mounting bracket and secure with plastic wing nut from the hardware pack. See Figure 5. Repeat on the other side.

	Carriage Bolt
Wing Nut	Handle
	Mounting Bracket

Weld Pin

Hairpin Clip

Figure 5

•Fasten the cable to the lower handle with the two cable ties found on the lower handle. Pull the cable ties tight and trim off the excess. See Figure 6.

Cable Tie

Lower

Handle

Figure 6

NOTE: Your mower is shipped with the handle in the higher position. If you wish to lower the height of the handle, refer to the Adjustment Section at this time.

Attaching Rear Wheels

The necessary hardware is included in Group B of the hardware pack. Refer to Figure 1 .

•Insert shoulder screw through flat washer, wave washer, rear wheel, and spring washer as shown in Figure 7 . Insert this assembly into the corresponding hole on the rear pivot bar and secure.

Spring Washer

Wave Washer

Shoulder

Screw

FlatRear

WasherWheel

Figure 7

Attaching Starter Rope

The rope guide is already attached to the right side of the upper handle of your mower. See Figure 8 .

•With the spark plug wire disconnected and grounded, hold the blade control handle against the upper handle, and pull the rope out of the engine.

•Slip the rope through the rope guide as shown below. Tighten the wing nut holding the rope guide to the upper handle.

Starter	Wing Nut
Rope

Upper Handle

Rope Guide Lower Handle

Figure 8

Assembling Grass Catcher

NOTE: If the grass catcher came pre-assembled, proceed to the next section. If it came un-assembled, follow the steps below to assemble it first, before attaching to the mower.

•Insert frame into grass bag with the black plastic side on the bottom of bag. See Figure 9.

•Slip the openings in the side of the plastic channel on bag over the hooks on the grass catcher frame. Secure bag to the frame by working the six plastic channels on bag over frame. All of the plastic chan- nels except the center top of the bag attach from the outside of bag. The center top of the bag attaches from inside the bag. See Figure 9.

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