•Remove and discard the packing material from around the snowthrower.
•Cut all four corners of the carton from top to bottom and lay the panels flat.
•Cut ties securing the clutch control cable to the lower handle and lay cable back away from the motor frame.
•Standing at rear, tilt snowthrower forward and remove packaging under motor frame. NOTE: Be careful not to pull auger drive cable from motor frame.
•Roll the snowthrower off the carton by pulling on the lower handle. Caution: Do not back over cable.
•Remove the packing material from handle assembly and all plastic material from unit.
NOTE: If the cables have become discon- nected from the clutch lever, reinstaU the cables as shown in the figures below.
"Z" Fitting
sApgegdriv_e ! | Auger drive | |
_ | _g | cable |
==_.) |
| Auger drive |
|
| spnng cable |
TO INSTALL THE UPPER HANDLE AND CRANK ASSEMBLY
•Loosen, but do not remove, the screws, flatwashers, Iockwashers, and hex nuts in the upper holes of the lower handle, (see first figure on next column),
| /Upper | Handle |
| Loosen, but | |
Protective,. | do | not remove |
5/16" Hex | 5/16" | X 2" |
| ||
Head Nut_ | /Screw |
|
|
| |
5/16" LockwasheP/ | \ |
|
| 5/16" |
|
| Flatwasher | |
•Raise upper handle into operating posi- tion.
•Using the hardware (screws, flatwashers, Iockwashers, and hex head nuts found in
parts bag), attach the upper and lower handle in the lower holes. Do not tighten until all screws are in place (see figure above).
•Tighten four handle bolts with 1/2 inch wrench.
NOTE: Make sure the cable is not caught between the upper and lower handle. Also
make sure cable is not wrapped or tangled around handles.
•Remove the 3/8" nylon iocknut and flatwasher from the eye bolt assembly (on
the chute crank assembly removed ear- lier) (see figure below).
•Install eye bolt through lower hole in the left hand side of the handle (see figure below).
•Install the 3/8" flatwasher and the 3/8" ny- lon Iocknut loosely on the eye bolt as shown below.
Upper
Handle
3/8" Nylon
Locknut
Bolt
