wheels must be placed in the same relative position. See Figure 10.
Height
Adjustment
Lever
Figure 10
Handle Height
Your mower is shipped with the handle in the higher height position.To lower the handle height for your convenience, proceed as follows.
•Remove the starter rope from the rope guide.
•Remove the upper handle by removing the hand knobs and carriage bolts. Lay upper handle out of the way, being careful not to kink the cables.
•Remove the hairpin clips from the weld pins on the handle brackets. Press outward on the legs of the lower handle, and remove it from the mower.
•Turn the lower handle around so the notches on the bottom of the lower handle are facing forward as shown in Figure 11. Reassemble, placing the bottom holes in the handle over the weld pins in the handle mounting bracket.
•Reassemble the upper handle.
•Place the hairpin clips in the inner holes in the weld pins and attach the starter rope as instructed in the assembly instructions on page 7.
Lower
Handle
Notch
Figure 11
SECTION 7: MAINTAINING YOUR LAWN MOWER
Replacing Rear Flap
•To remove rear flap, cut off the flat end of the wire rod which secures it to the deck. See Figure 12.
•Attach the new flap and new rod to deck, bending the ends of the new rod over to secure to deck.
Rear Discharge
Door
Handle
Bracket
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Handle
Bracket
Rear
Flap
Figure 12
Blade Care
•Periodically inspect the blade adapter for cracks, especially if you strike a foreign object. Replace when necessary.
WARNING: When removing the cutting blade for sharpening or replacement, protect hands by using heavy gloves or a rag to grasp the cutting blade.
•Remove the bolt and blade support or bell washer which hold the blade and adapter to the engine crankshaft. See Figure 13. Remove the blade and adapter from the crankshaft.
•When sharpening the blade, follow the original angle of grind as a guide. It is extremely important that each cutting edge receives an equal amount of grinding to prevent an unbalanced blade.
Blade Adapter
Blade
Blade
Bell
Support
Hex Bolt
Figure 13
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