Sears 247.88853 owner manual Attaching Shift Rod, Attaching Turn Triggers

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Attaching Shift Rod

You will reach correct adjustment when there is minimal slack in the cable but it is not tight. Hold the flats on the ferrule with pliers and tighten the jam nut against the ferrule.

CAUTION: Cables will become loose if you do not tighten the jam nut.

WARNING: There must not be any tension on either clutch cable with the drive or auger clutch grip in the disengaged (up) position. These clutches are a safety feature. Do not override their function.

Attaching Shift Rod

Place the shift lever in the sixth (6) speed.

Place the bent end of the shift rod into the hole in the

 

shift arm assembly. See Figure 10 . Secure with 5/16

 

flat washer and hairpin clip from group D of the

 

hardware pack.

Thread ferrule (included in group C) from the right

Secure the ferrule to the shift lever with another 5/ 16 flat washer and hairpin clip from group C of the hardware pack. See Figure 10 .

Check for correct adjustment of the shift rod, as instructed in the Adjustment section, before operating the snow thrower.

Attaching Turn Triggers

Check and make sure that the right hand trigger cable is routed in front of the traction drive cable.

Feed the trigger cable up through the outer side of the slot in the handle panel. Do not feed the cable through the same side of the slot as the Z fitting.

Place the cable barrel fitting into the hole in the trigger. You can find the triggers and associated hardware in group H of the hardware pack. See Figure 11 .

Trigger

Assembly

side onto the other end of the shift rod till it lines up

with the upper hole in the shift lever (beneath the

handle panel). While aligning the ferrule, push

down on the shift rod and the shift arm assembly

as far as it will go.

Inner Cable

Cable

Trigger Housing

NOTE: You may have to pull the shift lever out of the sixth speed position and move it towards the fifth speed position until the ferrule slides into the hole without force.

Once the ferrule slides into the hole, turn it counter-clockwise one more full turn and insert it in the hole in the shift lever. For proper positioning of the ferrule and the associated hardware, see

Figure 10 .

Shift

Lever Chute Distance

Control

Traction

 

 

Drive

 

Hairpin

Clutch

Ferrule

Clip

 

 

 

 

Flat

 

Shift

Washer

 

 

 

Rod

 

Shift Arm

Assembly

Barrel

 

 

Slot

Fitting

 

Cable snaps in at

 

 

this end

Figure 11

Pull on the cable and rotate it around the bottom of the trigger, with the inner cable in the slot, until the cable end can be pushed into the trigger housing and snapped tight. See Figure 11 .

NOTE: When the cable is installed correctly, you should not be able to pull the cable out of the trigger housing.

Place the right turn trigger in position underneath the right handle. Secure with screw and weld nut from group G of the hardware pack. See Figure 5. You will need a phillips screwdriver for tightening the screw. Repeat on the left side.

Secure with screw

Weld Nut

Flat

Hairpin Washer

Clip

Slot

Turn Trigger

Figure 10

Figure 12

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Sears 247.88853 owner manual Attaching Shift Rod, Attaching Turn Triggers