Yard-Man 549 manual Attaching Rear Wheels, Attaching Starter Rope, Assembling Grass Catcher

•Fasten the cable to the lower handle with the two cable ties found on the lower handle. Pull the cable ties tight and trim off the excess. See Figure 5.

Cable Tie

Lower

Handle

Figure 5

NOTE: Your mower is shipped with the handle in the higher position. If you wish to lower the height of the handle, refer to the Adjustment Section at this time.

Attaching Rear Wheels

•Remove the hex flanged nut on the rear axle from each side (leave the spring washer in place) and place the rear wheel on the axle. See Figure 6.

Reinsert the flanged nut into the axle as shown, and tighten securely. Repeat on other side.

Wheel

Rear Axle

Hex

Nut

Spring

Washer

Figure 6

Attaching Starter Rope

The rope guide is already attached to the right side of the upper handle of your mower. See Figure 7.

	Wing Nut
	Upper Handle
Starter Rope
Rope Guide	Lower Handle

Figure 7

•With the spark plug wire disconnected and grounded, hold the blade control handle against the upper handle, and pull the rope out of the engine.

•Slip the rope through the rope guide as shown below. Tighten the wing nut holding the rope guide to the upper handle.

Assembling Grass Catcher

NOTE: If the grass catcher came pre-assembled, proceed to the next section. If it came unassembled, follow the steps below to assemble it first, before attaching to the mower.

•Insert frame into grass bag with the black plastic side on the bottom of bag. See Figure 8.

•Slip the openings in the side of the plastic channel on bag over the hooks on the grass catcher frame. Secure bag to the frame by working the six plastic channels on bag over frame. All of the plastic chan- nels except the center top of the bag attach from the outside of bag. The center top of the bag attaches from inside the bag. See Figure 8.

Grass Catcher	Insert frame
Frame	into bag
Grass Bag
Plastic	Grass Catcher
	Assembly
Channel
	Complete

Figure 8

Attaching Hard Top Cover (If Equipped)

•Slide the hardtop cover under the grass catcher handle, positioning it so the handle rests snugly into the notch in the cover, and press the frame into the tabs at the back of the cover. See Figure 9 .

	Grass
	Catcher
	Handle
Notch in	Self Tapping
Hardtop
	Screws
Cover
Mounting
Bracket

Figure 9

•Position the mounting bracket facing down between the front of the handle and the front of the

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