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Setting Up
Your Snow
Thrower
WARNING
Never use your hands to clean snow and ice from the chute assembly or auger housing.
| Drift Cutters (If Equipped) |
Alternator Lead | Drift cutters should be used when operating the snow |
| thrower in heavy drift conditions. |
Alternator | • On models so equipped, drift cutters and hardware | |
Lead | are assembled to the auger housing inverted. | |
| • Remove the carriage bolts and wingnuts securing the | |
Lamp Wire | drift cutters to the housing. | |
• Reposition drift cutters so they face forward as shown | ||
NOTE: Wheels are omitted from illustration for clarity. | ||
in Figure 9. Secure with hardware previously removed, | ||
| ||
| wingnuts should be fastened on the outside of the | |
Figure 8 | housing as shown. | |
| If your unit is not equipped with drift cutters, you may | |
| contact Customer Support as instructed on page 2 for | |
| information regarding price and availability. |
Snowthrower Model | Drift Cutter Kit: |
All models |
Clean-Out Tool
The
NOTE: This item is fastened with a cable tie to the rear of the auger housing at the factory. Cut the cable tie before operating the snow thrower.
WARNING: Never use your hands to
Figure 9clean snow and ice from the chute assembly or auger housing.
IMPORTANT
Under any circum- stance do not exceed manufacturer’s recom- mended psi. Equal tire pressure should be maintained at all times. Excessive pressure when seating beads may cause tire/rim assembly to burst with force sufficient to cause serious injury. Refer to sidewall of tire for recommended pressure.
Tool
Figure 10
Final Adjustments
Make these final adjustments before operating your snow thrower for the first time. Failure to follow these instruc- tions may cause damage to the snow thrower.
Wheel Drive Control & Shift Lever
Perform the following test to determine need for adjust- ment:
•Move the shift lever into sixth (6) position. See Figure 14.
•With the drive control released (see Figure 11A), push the snow thrower forward, then pull it back. The machine should move freely.
•Engage the drive control and attempt to move the machine both forward and back, resistance should be felt.
•Move the shift lever into the fast reverse (R2) position and repeat the previous two steps.
If you experienced resistance rolling the unit, either when repositioning the shift lever from 6 to R2 or when attempting to move the machine with the drive control released, adjust the drive control immediately. To adjust, proceed as follows: