Sears 486.245951 LINK, INNER, INNER, INNER, NYLON, FIGURE, FIGURE, WASHER, FIGURE, WASHER, FIGURE, HEX NUT, TIGHTEN, HEX NUT, CONTROL, HEX NUT, HEX BOLT, HEX BOLT, HEX BOLT

•Turn the spreader upright on its wheels.

•Assemble the flow control mounting tube to the hitch tube using two 5/16" x 1-3/4" hex bolts and 5/16" nylock hex nuts. DO NOT TIGHTEN YET. See figure 5.

•Assemble the vinyl cap onto the flow control mounting tube. See figure 5.

VINYL CAPFLOW CONTROL MOUNTING TUBE 5/16" x 1-3/4"HEX BOLT5/16" NYLOCK HEX NUT

FIGURE 5

•Assemble the two INNER hitch braces to the flow control mounting tube using a 1/4" x 1-3/4" hex bolt and a 1/4" nylock hex nut. DO NOT TIGHTEN YET. See figure 6.

•TIGHTEN all nuts and bolts assembled up to this point. Do not collapse the tubes when tightening.

1/4" NYLOCK	1/4" x 1-3/4"
HEX NUT
	HEX BOLT
HITCH BRACE
INNER
FLOW CONTROL
MOUNTING TUBE

HITCH BRACE

INNER

FIGURE 6

•Assemble the flow control mounting bracket to the flow control mounting tube using two 5/16" x 1-3/4" hex bolts, four 5/16" flat washers and two 5/16" nylock hex nuts. DO NOT TIGHTEN YET. See figure 7.

OFF

ON

2	1
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

10

5/16" NYLOCK

HEX NUT5/16" FLAT WASHER

5/16" x 1-3/4"

HEX BOLT

FIGURE 7

•Assemble the vinyl grip onto the flow control arm. See figure 8.

•Insert the flow control arm down through the slot in the flow control bracket. Assemble the small hole of the flow control link to the flow control arm using a 1/4" x 1" hex bolt, a nylon washer and a 1/4" nylock hex nut as shown in figure 8. Tighten carefully. The flow control link should be snug but should pivot with no more than slight resistance.

VINYL GRIP

OFF

FLOW		ON
CONTROL	2	1
LINK	3
	6
	4
	5
(small hole)	7
	10
	8
	9

1/4" NYLOCK

HEX NUT

NYLON

WASHER

1/4" x 1"

HEX BOLT

FIGURE 8

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