MTD 190-180 Model Series, Attaching Support Bracket Bracket Assembly, Assembling Support Brackets

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Attaching

Support

Bracket &

Bracket

Assembly

Model Series 700

NOTE:

If the grass collection system is removed for any reason, it is not necessary to remove the support brackets from the tractor.

IMPORTANT:

There are two holes in the clevis pin. Be sure to insert the hairpin clip in the upper hole to properly secure the bracket assembly to the hitch plate.

Assembling Support

Brackets

Model Series 700

1.Locate the four self-tapping screws supplied in your hardware pack (B from Figure 4). Attach the right hand grass catcher support bracket (F1 from Figure 4) using two of the supplied screws in position

as shown in Figure 13. Place the left hand grass catcher support bracket (F2 from Figure 4) in position and secure with the other two screws.

5.Insert a shoulder bolt (C in Figure 4) through the Inner hole (closest to the frame) on the outside of the support bracket. Secure with a nut (A in Figure 4). See Figure 13 for details. Repeat on other side.

NOTE: If the grass collection system is removed for any reason, it is not necessary to remove the support brackets from the tractor.

Attaching The Bracket

Assembly

1.Remove the two nuts and screws on each side of the mounting bracket holding the hitch plate.

See Figure 14.

2.Rotate the hitch plate 180° from its original position. Re-insert the four bolts through mounting bracket and hitch plate frame and secure with nuts removed earlier. Use the inner holes (closest to the mounting hooks) on the mounting bracket. Refer to Figure 15.

3.Position the hooked ends of the mounting bracket assembly to the outside of the support bracket and over the shoulder bolts on both sides. Refer back to Figure 11 for reference.

4.Insert the clevis pin (J in Fig. 4) through the aligned holes in both the bracket assembly and the hitch plate and secure with the hairpin clip (I in Fig. 4). See Figure 16.

IMPORTANT: There are two holes in the clevis pin. Be sure to insert the hairpin clip in the upper hole to properly secure the bracket assembly to the hitch plate.

Self tap	Support
	Bracket
screws
Inner Hole	Outside of Bracket

Figure 13

Figure 14

Inner holes

Figure 15

Upper Hole

Figure 16