STEP 15 - ASSEMBLE PIVOT ROD
•Slide the end of the pivot rod through the upper hopper tube and the hopper mount clamps on one side of the hopper. Place a hopper support strap and then a bag arm tube onto the rod. Slide the rod through the stitched sleeve at the front edge of the wind screen, and then place another bag arm tube and a hopper support strap onto the rod. Slide the rod through the other upper hopper tube and hopper mount clamps. See fi gure 15.
WIND SCREEN
HOPPER BAG
PIVOT ROD
•Assemble a vinyl cap (S) onto each bag arm tube as shown in fi gure 17.
•Assemble two palnuts (G) onto the ends of the pivot rod using a hammer. See fi gure 17.
HINT: To ease assembly of the palnuts, place the bag on its side on a solid surface. With the bottom end of the pivot rod against the surface, tap a palnut onto the top end of the rod. Repeat for other end of rod.
CAP (S)
PALNUT (G)
HOPPER SUPPORT STRAP
BAG ARM TUBE
FIGURE 15
•Attach the bottoms of the hopper support straps to the clevis pins (N) in the lower hopper tubes, securing the straps with the previously assembled hair cotter pins
(M). See fi gure 16.
•Tighten the nuts on the hopper mount clamps. See fi gure 16.
TIGHTEN NUTS
CLEVIS PIN (N)
HAIR COTTER
PIN (M)
FIGURE 16
FIGURE 17
STEP 16 - ATTACH ROPE
•Secure the rope to the center of the upper rear hopper tube as shown in fi gure 18.
FIGURE 18
STEP 17 - ATTACH HOPPER BAG
•To attach the hopper bag to the sweeper, slide the ends of the bag arm tubes into the ends of the hitch tubes and secure with two clevis pins (P) and hairpin cotters (M). See fi gure 19.
BAG ARM TUBE
CLEVIS PIN (P)
HAIRPIN
COTTER (M)
FIGURE 19
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