Agri-Fab 45-02183, Manual

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BRUSH REPLACEMENT
1. Remove the hopper bag from lawnsweeper.
2. Brush replacement should be done one brush at a
time.
3. Tip the sweeper forward on housing for ease of brush
replacement. Do not remove hex bolt from double
brush retainers through brush shaft.
4. Loosen hex bolts and hex lock nuts from single brush
retainers. See figure 14. Slide brush out of retainers,
making not of over-lap bristles position.
5. Install new brush, making sure over-lap bristles are
positioned the same as before and as shown in figure
14.
FIGURE 14
FIGURE 13
WHEEL GEARS/PAWL SERVICE
IMPORTANT: Do not remove both wheels at the same time
to avoid mixing parts. (The R.H. and L.H. ratchet gears are
not interchangeable.) Make notes on the position of washers
and snap rings during disassembly.
1. Remove only one wheel from the sweeper.
2. Remove the retaining rings and washers which hold the
ratchet gear onto the brush shaft.
3. Remove the gear by sliding it off the brush shaft. (Look
for the drive pin, which may fall out of the brush shaft
when the ratchet gear is removed.
4. To reassemble, insert the drive pin through the hole
near the end of the brush shaft. Make sure the pin slides
back and forth easily in the shaft.
5. Lightly grease the shaft and fill the ratchet gear with
grease. Assemble the ratchet gear back onto the shaft.
6. Lightly grease the axle and the gear teeth on the wheel
and then reassemble the wheel. The brushes should
rotate only during forward movement. If the brushes
rotate by both forward and reverse movement, the drive
pin is jamming in the ratchet gear. Disassemble, clean
and lubricate the drive pin and ratchet gear and then
reassemble wheel.
7. Remove opposite wheel and repeat steps 1-6 for that
wheel.