TO ADJUST CUTTING HEIGHT

Adjust cutting height to suit your require- ments. Medium position is best for most lawns. Raise wheels for low cut and lower wheels for high cut.

MODELS WITH MANUAL ADJUST BOLT-ON WHEELS

Remove wheel, bolt, and hardware and reassemble in desired adjustment hole.

Reinstall wheel components in the same order as they were before removal. Tighten securely.

Make sure all wheels are at the same

height.

Flat washer

OPERATOR PRESENCE ENGINE CONTROL BAR

Your lawn mower is equipped with an op- erator presence engine control bar which requires the operator to be positioned behind the lawn mower handle in order to start and operate the lawn mower.

CAUTION: Federal regulations require an engine control to be installed on this lawn mower in order to minimize the risk of blade contact injury. Do not under any circumstances attempt to defeat the function of the operator control. The blade turns when the engine is running.

GRASS CATCHER (REAR DISCHARGE MODELS ONLY)

Wheel

Bolt

3/8-16 Spacer Locknut

TO ATTACH GRASS CATCHER

Open rear door. Place frame onto formed tabs on hinge bracket.

Release rear door and allow to rest on catcher.

TO REMOVE GRASS CATCHER

 

• Simply open rear door and lift grass

MODELS WITH "QUICK ADJUST" WHEEL

catcher up and away from mower.

 

HEIGHT ADJUSTERS

 

NOTE: For shipping purposes, the rear

Rear door

wheels on your lawn mower may not be

adjusted to the same position as the front

 

wheels. Before operating mower, adjust all

 

wheels to the same cutting height.

 

• Raise wheels for low cut and lower wheels for high cut.

Adjust cutting height to suit your require- ments. Medium position is best for most lawns.

• To change cutting height, squeeze ad-

Hinge bracket

juster lever toward wheel. Move wheel

formed tabs

up or down to suit your requirements.

 

Be sure all wheels are in the same set-

Catcher frame

ting.

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: Adjuster is properly positioned

CAUTION: Under normal usage, the

when plate tab inserts into hole in lever.

catcher material is subject to deterioration

Also, 9-position adjusters (if so equipped)

and wear and should, therefore, be

allow lever to be positioned between the

checked frequently for replacement. Any

plate tabs.

 

 

replacement catcher should be checked

LOWER WHEELS

Plate tab

 

to ensure compliance with original

 

manufacturer's specifications.

FOR HIGH CUT

 

 

 

 

CAUTION: Do not run lawn mower

 

 

 

 

 

 

without the discharge guard (rear door),

 

 

 

approved grass catcher or clipping

 

 

 

deflector in place. Never attempt to

 

 

 

operate mower with the discharge guard

RAISE WHEELS FOR LOW CUT

Lever

(rear door) removed or propped open.

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Poulan 172777 To Adjust Cutting Height, Operator Presence Engine Control BAR, Grass Catcher Rear Discharge Models only

172777 specifications

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