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Install Speed Selector Rod
1. Pull speed selector arm (Fig. 5) to the fully “out”
position and move speed selector (Fig. 6) on control
panel to the R (REVERSE) position to ease assembly.
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Figure 5
1.
Speed selector arm
2.
Speed selector rod
3.
Flat washer and cotter pin
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Figure 6
1.
Auger control lever
2.
Traction control lever
3.
Speed selector
4.
Speed selector rod
2. Install speed selector rod into selector arm, add one
flat washer on the selector rod and secure with cotter
pin (Fig. 5).
Install Traction Rod
1. Thread a flange nut (flange side up) onto bottom of
traction control rod below loop in lower traction rod
(Fig. 3).
2. Adjust the two flange nuts up or down on the traction
control rod until the distance between the top of the
handgrip and the bottom of the traction control lever
(Fig. 6 and 7) is approximately 4
#
/
8
inches. This is a
preliminary setting only. Tighten the two flange nuts
finger tight.
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Figure 7
1.
Traction control lever
2.
Handgrip
3.
Approximately 4
#
/
8
inches
4.
One to two inches
3. Move speed selector (Fig. 6) into third gear.
Note: If speed selector will not move into third gear,
an adjustment is necessary: refer to Adjusting Speed
Selector, page 18. Make the adjustment before
continuing with assembly.
4. Slowly pull machine backward while slowly
depressing traction control lever toward handle.
Adjustment is correct when wheels stop turning and
the distance between the top of the handgrip and the
bottom of the traction control lever is one to two
inches (Fig. 7). Readjust the two flange nuts, if
necessary, to obtain this dimension and then tighten
the two flange nuts securely.
Install Auger Drive Control
Linkage
1. Loosen jam nut above clevis on upper control rod
(Fig. 8).
2. Align holes in clevis and lower control rod and insert
clevis pin (Fig. 8).
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Figure 8
1.
Jam nut
2.
Clevis
3.
Upper control rod
4.
Lower control rod
5.
Clevis pin
6.
Cotter pin
