•Slide a flanged bearing onto the axle and push it into the hole in the end plate. See figure 5.

•Drive a spring pin into the hole in the axle until the pin just extends through the other side of the axle. The spring pins secure the axle in the frame and should also prevent the axle from rotating. See figure 5.

FLANGED

BEARING

SPRING PIN

FIGURE 5

•Attach two hitch arm mount brackets to the middle holes in the rear frame angle using two 5/16" x 3/4" hex bolts and two 5/16" nylock nuts. Do not tighten completely. See figure 6.

•Attach two hitch arm mount brackets to the middle holes in the front frame angle using two 5/16" x 3/4" hex bolts and two 5/16" nylock nuts. Do not tighten completely. See figure 6

•Assemble the hitch mount arms to the outside of the four hitch arm mount brackets as shown in figure 7.

Use four 5/16" x 1" carriage bolts and four 5/16" nylock nuts. Do not tighten yet. See figure 7.

(4) 5/16" x 1"(4) HITCH ARM
CARRIAGE BOLTSMOUNT

 

BRACKETS
(4) 5/16" NUTS

 

(NYLOCK)

 

HITCH MOUNT ARMS

FIGURE 7

•Assemble the ends of the hitch mount arms together using two 5/16" x 1-1/4" hex bolts and two 5/16" nylock nuts as shown in figure 8. Do not tighten yet.

•Assemble the hitch brackets to the hitch mount arms using two 5/16" x 2" hex bolts and two 5/16" nylock nuts as shown in figure 8. Do not tighten yet.

HITCH MOUNT ARMS

HITCH ARM MOUNT BRACKETS

5/16" x 3/4"

HEX BOLTREAR FRAMEANGLE

5/16" x 3/4"

HEX BOLT

(2) 5/16" x 2"HEX BOLTS(2) 5/16" NUTS (NYLOCK) HITCH BRACKETS (2) 5/16" NUTS

(NYLOCK)

(2) 5/16" x 1-1/4" HEX BOLTS

FIGURE 8

5/16" NUTS FRONT FRAME (NYLOCK) ANGLE

FIGURE 6

•Tighten the bolts assembled in figure 6. Tighten the bolts assembled in figure 7. Tighten the bolts assembled in figure 8.

•Attach the aerator to your tractor using the hitch pin and the hair cotter pin.