Poulan PPB300E WARNING:

7

INSTALLATIONOF THE METAL

BLADE

WARNING: Wear protec tive gloves

when handling or performing maintenance on

theblade to avo id injury. The blade is sharp and

can cut you even when it is not moving.

WARNING: Do not use any blades , or

fastening hardware other than the washers and

nuts shown in the following illustrations . These

parts must be provided by Poulan/Weed Eat er

and installed as shown below. Failure to use

proper parts can cause the blade to fly off and

seriously hurt you or others.

NOTE: Thedust c up and retaining washer are

locatedon the g earbox shaft and not in the parts

bag. All other fas teners mentioned in the follow-

ing assembly steps are in the parts bag.

1. Remove the retaining washer from the

threadedshaft of the gearbox . Leav ethe

dust cup on the shaft.

2. Install the blade and the retaining washer

over the threaded shaft.

3. Make sure the raised part of the retaining

washer is facing the gearbox and the

raised area fits into the hole in the center

of the blade.

4. Slide the blade and retaining washer onto

the shaft of the gearbox.

5. Place the cupped washer onto the shaft .

Makesure the c upped side of the washer

is toward the blade.

6. Install the blade nut by threading onto the

shaft counterclockwise.

Shield

Blade

Retaining

Washer

DustCup

Cupped

Washer

Nut

Threaded Shaft

Gearbox

NOTE: Make sure all parts are in place as il-

lustrated, and the blade is sandwiched bet ween

the dust cup and the retaining washer. There

should be no space between the blade and the

dust cup or the retaining washer.

7. Align hole in dust cup with hole in side of

gearbox by rotating theblade.

8. Insert a small sc rewdriver into aligned

holes. This w ill keep the shaft from turn-

ingw hile tightening the blade nut.

Screwdriver

9. TIghten blade nut firmly wit ha wr ench while

holding screwdriver in position.

10. Remove the scr ewdriver.

11. Turn blade by hand. If the blade binds

againstthe shield, or appears to be uneven,

theblade is not c entered, and you must re-

install.

NOTE: To remove blade, insert screwdriver

into aligned holes. Unthread the nut and re-

move parts. B e sure to store parts and i nstruc-

tions for future use.

Contents

Main ENGLISH ESPAOL FRANAIS R Instruction Manual Manual de Instrucciones Manuel dInstructions PPB300E For Occasional Use Only SAFETY RULES WARNING: DANGER: WARNING: WARNING : WARNING: FUEL SAFETY CUTTINGSAFETY WARNING : TRANSPORTINGAND STORAGE ASSEMBLY CARTON CONTENTS WARNING: NOTE: TOOLS REQUIRED WARNING: NOTE: TO RELOCATE SHOULDER STRAP CLAMP: CONFIGURING YOUR UNIT ASSEMBLYINFORMATION -- TRIMMER HEAD WARNING: NOTE: ASSEMBLYINFORMATION -- WEED BLADE NOTE: ATTACHINGTHE METALSHIELD WARNING: NOTE: OPERATION KNOW YOUR UNIT ON/OFF SWITCH PRIMER BULB STARTLEVER WARNING: STARTINGA COLD ENGINE NOTE: STARTINGA WARM ENGINE NOTE: STARTINGA FLOODED ENGINE WARNING: OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS OPERATING POSITION OPERATINGINSTRUCTIONS FOR USE WITH TRIMMERHEAD WARNING : OPERATINGINSTRUCTIONS FOR USE WITH WEED BLADE ADDITIONAL SAFETY RULES FOR OPTIONAL ATTACHMENTS WARNING: WARNING: EDGER SAFETY WARNING: WARNING: HEDGE TRIMMER SAFETY DANGER: WARNING: POLE PRUNER SAFETY WARNING : WARNING : SNOW THROWER SAFETY MAINTENANCE WARNING: IMPORTANT: CHECK FOR LOOSE FASTENERSAND PARTS CHECK FOR DAMAGED OR WORN PARTS SERVICE AND ADJUSTMENTS REPLACING THE LINE WARNING: BLADE REPLACEMENT CARBURETORADJUSTMENT STORAGE WARNING: SEASONAL STORAGE FUEL SYSTEM ENGINE WARNING : LIMITED WARRANTY U.S. EPA / CALIFORNIA / ENVIRONMENT CANADA EMISSION CONTROL WARRANTY STATEMENT Example: