Sears 486.248463 Assembly Of Snow Thrower, Chute Crank Rod Crank Support Tube Tilt Control Handle

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ASSEMBLY OF SNOW THROWER

ASSEMBLY OF SNOW THROWER

Place the lift handle into the lift bracket on the right side of the snow thrower. Fasten the handle to the bracket using two 5/16" x 1-3/4" hex bolts, 5/16" lock washers and 5/16" hex nuts. See fi gure 14.

LIFT HANDLE

5/16" x 1-3/4"

HEX BOLT

LIFT BRACKET CHUTE CRANK ROD

5/16" HEX NUT

5/16" LOCK

WASHER

FIGURE 14

RIGHT SIDE VIEW

NOTE: Be sure the lift release cable's plastic covering remains inserted into the trigger assembly while completing the next step.

Push the lift handle down into the locked position. Insert the end of the cable wire into the hole in the lift rod. Place the threaded fi tting into the slot in the lift bracket, with one hex nut above and one hex nut and the lock washer below the slot. Tighten the nuts, adjusting them to eliminate slack in the cable wire. See fi gure 15. Refer also to the Service and Adjustments section on page 18 in this manual.

 

LIFT RELEASE

 

CABLE

 

HEX NUT

TRIGGER

 

ASSEMBLY

LOCK

 

 

WASHER

 

HEX NUT

 

CABLE

 

WIRE

 

LIFT

 

ROD

FIGURE 15

RIGHT SIDE VIEW

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

Assemble the crank support tube (fl at side) to the two brackets on the left side of the thrower housing using two 3/8" x 1-1/2" hex bolts, 3/8" lock washers and 3/8" hex lock nuts. See fi gure 16.

3/8" x 1-1/2"

HEX BOLT

3/8" LOCK

CRANK

SUPPORT

WASHER

TUBE

 

3/8" HEX

 

LOCK NUT

 

FIGURE 16

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 fi gure 17.

CHUTE CRANK ROD

CRANK SUPPORT TUBE

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

5/16" x 1-3/4"

TILT

CONTROL

CARRIAGE BOLT

ASSEMBLY

 

BOWED WASHER

 

5/16" LOCKWASHER

 

5/16" HEX NUT

 

FIGURE 17

LEFT SIDE VIEW

Attach the chute crank assembly to the plastic bracket on the left side of the thrower housing as shown in

fi gure 18. Use two 5/16" x 1" carriage bolts, 5/16" fl at washers, 5/16" lock washers and 5/16" hex nuts. Do not tighten yet.

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Sears 486.248463 Assembly Of Snow Thrower, Chute Crank Rod Crank Support Tube Tilt Control Handle, 5/16 x 1-3/4