8.Remove the four bolts that hold the bearing plates on each side of the hex shaft. See Figure 38.

NOTE: Take special note of the position of the washers and retain- ing ring on the hex shaft and the sprocket assembly.

Friction Wheel Hex Shaft

Bearing

Bearing

Plate

Plate

Figure 38

g.Remove the bearing plate from the right side. Do not remove the hex shaft. Leave the hex shaft in posi- tion. Carefully raise hex shaft just

enough to allow the friction wheel to be removed.

10.Remove the friction wheel from the

hub. Slip the friction wheel toward the right off the hex shaft. See Figure 37.

11.Assemble the new friction wheel onto hub with the fasteners re- moved earlier.

12.Install the bearing plate onto the right side. Make sure the hex shaft is engaged with both bearing

plates and that the washers and re- taining ring are installed in the origi- nal position. See Figure 38.

13.Fasten the bearing plates using the four bolts removed earlier.

14.Make sure the hex shaft turns free- ly.

15.Attach the speed control rod to the shift yoke assembly. See

Figure 36.

16.Check the adjustment of the friction

wheel. See "How To Adjust The Friction Wheel" in this section.

17.Make sure the friction wheel and the

disc drive plate are free from grease or oil.

18.Install the bottom panel. See Figure 34.

19.Tighten the bottom bolts on each side of the bottom panel.

20.Install the top bolts on each side of the bottom panel.

21.Connect the spark plug wire.

HOW TO REPLACE THE AUGER SHEAR BOLT

The augers are secured to the auger shaft with special shear bolts. These shear bolts are designed to break and protect the ma- chine if an object becomes lodged in the au- ger housing. Do not use a harder bolt as the

protection provided by the shear bolt will be lost.

protect the machine, use only

,_WARNING: For safety and to original equipment shear bolts.

. Move the throttle control to the stop position. Disengage all controls.

2.Disconnect the spark plug wire. Make sure all moving parts have stopped.

To replace a broken shear bolt, proceed as follows. Extra shear bolts were pro- vided in the assembly parts bag.

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Craftsman 536.88112 HOW to Replace the Auger Shear Bolt, Tighten the bottom bolts on each side of the bottom panel

536.88112 specifications

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