Craftsman 486.248531, Owner'S Manual

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5/16" HEX NUT
5/16" LOCK
WASHER
CHUTE CRANK
BRACKET
5/16" FLAT
WASHER
CHUTE
CRANK
ROD
ROD
SUPPORT
BRACKET
5/16" x 1"
CARRIAGE BOLT
FIGURE 19 LEFT SIDE VIEW
FIGURE 20 RIGHT SIDE VIEW
• Coat the top of the ring around the discharge
opening with general purpose grease. See figure 20.
• Place the discharge chute (facing forward) onto the
ring. Place the anti-rotation bracket on top of the
chute flange, aligning it with the holes on the right
hand side of the flange. Attach the three chute
keepers (right side up as shown) to the bottom of
the flange using six 1/4" x 1" hex bolts, 1/4" flat
washers and 1/4" flanged lock nuts.
Tighten
carefully so that the nuts are snug but do not dig
into the plastic chute keepers. See figure 20.
• Place the plastic cap onto the short end of the anti-
rotation bracket. See figure 20.
• Position the crank rod spiral so that it does not rub
against the bottoms of the notches in the chute
flange.
Tighten the nuts. Refer back to figure 19.
• Check if the crank rod rotates the chute freely. If
not, loosen by 1/4 turn each of the six hex bolts
holding the chute keepers to the chute flange.
• Secure the control cables to the crank rod support
tube using a nylon tie.
NOTE: An
a
dditional person's help may be required to
mount the snow thrower to the front of the tractor.
•
Place the tractor and snow thrower on a flat, level
surface so that the tractor can be rolled forward to
attach the snow blower.
•
Remove the Attachment Pin from the snow thrower.
•
Extend the belt out behind the snow thrower,
making sure the belt is still looped over the top of
the large drive pulley and underneath the two idler
pulleys. The "V" side of the belt must be seated in
the grooves of all three pulleys.
•
Roll the tractor up behind the snow thrower, center-
ing it between the snow thrower's mounting plates.
•
Raise the rear of the snow thrower by lifting up on
the lift handle until the notches in the mounting
plates align with the shoulder bolts in the tractor's
side plates. Guide the bolts into the notches.
•
To ease the assembly of the auger drive belt, delay
the installation of the attachment pin shown in
figure 21 until you have assembled the belt as
instructed for figures 22 and 23.
ATTACHING SNOW THROWER TO TRACTOR
ATTACHMENT PIN
1/8" HAIRPIN
COTTER
SHOULDER
BOLT
SIDE
PLATE
MOUNTING PLATE
FIGURE 21 RIGHT SIDE VIEW
CHUTE KEEPER
ANTI-ROTATION
BRACKET
1/4" FLANGED
LOCK NUT
1/4" FLAT
WASHER
1/4" x 1"
HEX BOLT
PLASTIC CAP
GREASED
SURFACE
FLANGE