Cub Cadet E977C Assembling Your Lawn Mower, Removing Unit From Carton, Loose Parts in Carton

SECTION 3: ASSEMBLING YOUR LAWN MOWER

Removing Unit From Carton Setting Up Your Lawn Mower

•Remove staples, break glue on top flaps, or cut tape at carton end and peel along top flap to open carton.

•Remove loose parts, if included with unit (i.e., grass bag etc.), and save it appropriately.

•Cut along corners, lay the carton down flat, and remove all packing material.

•Roll or slide unit out of carton and check carton thoroughly for loose parts.

Assembling Handle

•Lift up and pull back on the upper handle to raise the handle into the operating position. See Figure 3. Make certain the lower handle is seated securely into the handle bracket assemblies.

Handle Assembly

Loose Parts in Carton

1.	Grass Bag
2.	Grass Bag Adapter	Wing Nut
3.	Side Discharge Chute
4.	Hardware Pack	Handle Mounting
		Bracket

Hardware Pack

Please identify each piece of the hardware pack as shown in Figure 1.

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Carriage Bolt
	Wing Nut
Figure 1	•

Before Assembly

•Before setting up your lawn mower, disconnect the spark plug wire from the spark plug and ground against the engine. See Figure 2.

Figure 3

Tighten wing nuts on each side of the handle making sure that the carriage bolts are seated properly into the handle. See Figure 3.

Remove hairpin clip from the outer hole of the weld pin on each handle brackets. Using a pair of pliers, squeeze one leg of the lower handle against the handle bracket. Insert the hairpin clip into the inner hole on the weld pin. Repeat on the other side. See Figure 4.

After moving the hairpin clip, insert the carriage bolt, from the hardware pack, in the upper hole on the handle mounting bracket and secure with plastic wing nut, also from the hardware pack. See Figure 4. Repeat on the other side.

Spark Plug

Wire

Spark Plug

Figure 2

NOTE: Reference to right or left side of the mower is observed from the operating position.

Carriage Bolt

Lower
Handle	Inner Hole
Wing Nut	Hairpin
Handle Mounting
	Clip
Bracket

Figure 4

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