Sears 486.248392 owner manual Tilt the snow thrower back down to the ground

•Tilt the snow thrower back down to the ground.

•Remove the nylon tie which fastens the auger drive belt to the discharge housing, leaving the belt assembled around the pulleys.

•Remove the nylon tie which fastens the chute crank rod to the crank rod support tube.

•Assemble the crank rod support tube to the bracket on the left side of the thrower housing using two 5/16" x 1-1/4" carriage bolts, 5/16" lock washers and 5/16" hex nuts. See figure 25.

	5/16" x 1-1/4"
	CARRIAGE BOLT
5/16" LOCK
WASHER	CRANK ROD
5/16" HEX NUT	SUPPORT TUBE
FIGURE 25	LEFT SIDE VIEW

•Attach the chute tilt control assembly to the top side of the crank support tube using two 5/16" x 1-3/4" carriage bolts, bowed washers, 5/16" lock washers and 5/16" hex nuts. See figure 26.

CHUTE CRANK ROD

CRANK SUPPORT TUBE

TILT CONTROL HANDLE
5/16" x 1-3/4"	TILT
	CONTROL
CARRIAGE BOLT
	ASSEMBLY

BOWED WASHER

5/16" LOCKWASHER

5/16" HEX NUT

FIGURE 26 LEFT SIDE VIEW

•Attach the chute crank rod assembly brackets to the plastic bracket on the left side of the thrower housing. Align the chute crank bracket beneath the rod support bracket and assemble both to the plastic bracket using two 5/16" x 1" carriage bolts, 5/16" flat washers, 5/16" lock washers and 5/16" hex nuts. Do not tighten yet. See figure 27.

CHUTE CRANK	5/16" x 1"
	CARRIAGE BOLT
BRACKET
	CHUTE
	CRANK
	ROD
	ROD
	SUPPORT
	BRACKET
	5/16" FLAT
	WASHER
	5/16" LOCK
	WASHER
	5/16" HEX NUT
FIGURE 27	LEFT SIDE VIEW

•Coat the top of the ring around the discharge opening with general purpose grease. See figure 28.

•Place the discharge chute (facing forward) onto the ring. Place the anti-rotation bracket on top of the chute flange, aligning it with the holes on the right hand side of the flange. Attach the three chute keepers (right side up as shown) to the bottom of the flange using six 1/4" x 1" hex bolts, 1/4" flat washers and 1/4" hex lock nuts. Tighten carefully so that the nuts are snug but do not dig into the plastic chute keepers. See figure 28.

•Place the plastic cap onto the short end of the anti- rotation bracket. See figure 28.

•Position the crank rod spiral so that it does not rub against the bottoms of the notches in the chute flange. Tighten the nuts. See figure 27.

•Check if the crank rod rotates the chute freely. If not, loosen by 1/4 turn each of the six hex bolts holding the chute keepers to the chute flange.

•Secure the control cables to the crank rod support tube using a nylon tie.

1/4" x 1"	ANTI-ROTATION
HEX BOLT
	BRACKET
1/4" FLAT
WASHER	FLANGE
PLASTIC CAP
GREASED
SURFACE
CHUTE KEEPER
1/4" HEX
LOCK NUT
FIGURE 28	RIGHT SIDE VIEW

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