Sears 486.248392 owner manual Attaching Weight Tray to Tractor, Installing the Attachment PIN

INSTALLING THE ATTACHMENT PIN

•Lift the front of the snow blower to align the holes in the mounting plates and the side plates. From the left side of the tractor install the attachment pin through the holes, securing it with the 1/8" hairpin cotter. Refer back to figure 29 on page 15.

SETTING THE AUGER BELT TENSION

•Pull the tensioning chain until the end of the spring is pulled through the hole in the side of the Clutch/ Idler assembly. Install the 1/8" hairpin cotter through the end of the spring, securing it on the outside of the Clutch/Idler assembly. See figure 32.

IMPORTANT: For correct belt tension, the 1/8" hairpin cotter must attach to the end of the spring, not to the chain.

Hold this drawing above you while viewing the Clutch/Idler Assembly from underneath the tractor. Right and left in the drawing will be the reverse of the viewer's right and left.

LEFT SIDE

OF

TRACTOR

FLAT

PULLEY

1/8"

HAIRPIN COTTER

END OF

SPRING

FIGURE 32 VIEWED FROM UNDERNEATH

ATTACHING WEIGHT TRAY TO TRACTOR

•Loosen the top hex bolt on each side of the tractor frame at the rear. Assemble the slotted end of the side braces down onto the loosened bolts. Do not tighten yet. See figure 33.

•Place the weight tray on top of the tractor hitch and fasten the side braces to it using two 5/16" x 1" carriage bolts, 5/16" lock washers and 5/16" hex nuts. Do not tighten yet. See figure 33.

•Fasten the weight tray to the tractor hitch using a 1/2" x 1-1/4" hex bolt, a 1/2" lock washer and a 1/2" hex nut. Do not tighten yet. See figure 33.

•Fasten the cross brace to the side braces using two 5/16" x 1" carriage bolts, 5/16" lock washers and 5/16" hex nuts. See figure 33. Tighten all loose bolts at this time.

NOTE: Tire chains on extra wide tires may rub the hex bolt. See the alternate instructions on page 17.

		ORIGINAL
		HEX BOLT or
CROSS		SLOTTED
BRACE	5/16"	TRUSS HEAD
5/16"		BOLT
	LOCK
HEX
	WASHER
NUT
1/2" x 1-1/4"
HEX BOLT
		5/16" x 1"
		CARRIAGE
1/2" LOCK		BOLT
WASHER		5/16" LOCK
1/2" HEX NUT
		WASHER
		5/16" HEX NUT
5/16" x 1"
CARRIAGE	SIDE BRACE
BOLT
WEIGHT TRAY

FIGURE 33

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