REMOVING THE FLAIL SCREEN
If the discharge area becomes clogged, remove the flailscreen and clean area as follows.
Stop engine, make certain the chipper- shredder has come to a complete stop and disconnect spark plug wire from the spark plug before unclogging the chute.
Remove the two hand knobs on each side of the dischargechute (also called the chute deflector).
Liftthe dischargechute up, and keep it out of the way.
Remove two hairpinclips from the clevis pins whichextend throughthe housing.Remove the clevispins, See figure 17.
Pullthe flail screen from inside the housing.
See figure 17.
Clean the screen by scrapingor washingwith water.
Reinstallthe screen.
Put the discharge chute back to its original positionand tighten the hand knobs.
NOTE: Be certain to reassemble the flail screen with
the curved side down.
Chute Deflector
Chipper Chute
Remove the flail screenas instructedin previous section.
Using a 1/2"wrench, remove the chipperchute by removingthree hex nuts and washers. See figure 17,
Using a 7/16" wrench, remove the brace
(holdingthe chute to the frame) by removingthe hex bolts.
NOTE: When
Rotate the impeller assembly by hand untilyou locate one of the two chipperblades in the
chipper chute opening. Remove the blade, using a 3/16" allen wrench on the outside of the blade
and 1/2" wrench on the impeller assembly (inside the housing). See figure 18.
SlotBlade
Hex Nut,
Washer
Hand Knobs
Figure 17
SHARPENING OR REPLACING
THE BLADES
Chipper Blades
Disconnectspark plug wire and move it away from spark plug.
Figure 18
Remove the other blade in the same manner. Replace or sharpen blades.
If sharpening, make certain to remove an equal amount from each blade.
Reassemble in reverse order. Make certain bladesare reassembled with the sharpedge facing the directionshownin figure 18 (sharp edge isassembled toward the slottedopeningat the bottom).
Torque boltsand nutsto
Shredding Blade
The shredding blade may be removed for sharpening
or replacement as follows.
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