Craftsman 486.248531 Attaching Snow Thrower To Tractor, WASHER 5/16LOCK, Greased Surface

CHUTE CRANK	5/16" x 1"	\\
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CHUTE

CRANK

ROD

ROD

SUPPORT J

BRACKET /

_16"FLAT

WASHER

WASHER 5/16"LOCK _

"5/16"HEX NUT

FIGURE 19 LEFT SIDE VIEW

Coat the top of the ring around the discharge opening with general purpose grease. See figure 20.

•Place the discharge chute (facing forward) onto the ring. Place the anti-rotation bracket on top of the chute flange, aligning it with the holes on the right hand side of the flange. Attach the three chute keepers (right side up as shown) to the bottom of the flange using six 1/4" x 1" hex bolts, 1/4" flat washers and 1/4" flanged lock nuts. Tighten carefully so that the nuts are snug but do not dig into the plastic chute keepers. See figure 20.

•Place the plastic cap onto the short end of the anti- rotation bracket. See figure 20.

•Position the crank rod spiral so that it does not rub against the bottoms of the notches in the chute flange. Tighten the nuts. Refer back to figure 19.

•Check if the crank rod rotates the chute freely. If not, loosen by 1/4 turn each of the six hex bolts holding the chute keepers to the chute flange.

•Secure the control cables to the crank rod support tube using a nylon tie.

1/4" x 1"

ANTI-ROTATION BRACKET

I_"FLAT

WASHERFLANGE

PLASTIC CAP

GREASED

SURFACE

CHUTE KEEPER

1/4" FLANGED LOCK Nu'r

FIGURE 20 RIGHT SIDE VIEW

ATTACHING SNOW THROWER TO TRACTOR

NOTE: An additional person's help may be required to mount the snow thrower to the front of the tractor.

•Place the tractor and snow thrower on a flat, level surface so that the tractor can be rolled forward to attach the snow blower.

•Remove the Attachment Pin from the snow thrower.

Extend the belt out behind the snow thrower, making sure the belt is still looped over the top of the large drive pulley and underneath the two idler pulleys. The "V" side of the belt must be seated in the grooves of all three pulleys.

•Roll the tractor up behind the snow thrower, center- ing it between the snow thrower's mounting plates.

Raise the rear of the snow thrower by lifting up on the lift handle until the notches in the mounting plates align with the shoulder bolts in the tractor's side plates. Guide the bolts into the notches.

To ease the assembly of the auger drive belt, delay the installation of the attachment pin shown in figure 21 until you have assembled the belt as instructed for figures 22 and 23.

ATTACHMENTPIN

1/8"HAIRPIN

COTTER

SHOULDER _

BOLT

MOUNTING PLATE

SIDE

PLATE

FIGURE 21 RIGHT SIDE VIEW

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