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Installing Brushcutter Blade
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CAUTION
POTENTIAL HAZARD
• If the Brushcutter blade is not ade
quately tightened, it can come loose
from the Brushcutter during use.
WHAT CAN HAPPEN
• This may cause damage to properly or
personal injury.
HOW TO AVOID TIIE HAZARD
• Make sure the Brushcutter blade is
securely fastened to the splined shaft in
the gearcase.
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3 mm Hex Wrench
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Splined Shatt
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� Boss Adapter
Blade
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...--
------
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� Clampjng Washer
-◄----- Stabilizer
Blade Bolt ----- .
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(left-hand thread) -------.... 'iHj'
1.
Remove the blade bolt, stabilizer and clamping
washer from the splined shaft out of the gearcase.
Note:
The blade bolt has left-hand threads.
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WARNING
POTENTIAL HAZARD
• Brushcutter blade is sharp.
WHAT CAN HAPPEN
• Contact with sharp blade can cause seri
ous personal injury.
HOW TO AVOID THE HAZARD
• Wenr gloves when you handle the blade.
2.
lnstall the brushcutter blade onto the boss adapter,
then reinstall the clamping washer, stabilizer and
blade bolt.
3.
Align the hole in the boss adapter with the hole in
the gearcase.
4.
Insert a 3 mm hex wrench or other suitable tool
into the holes in the boss adapter and gearcase to
lock tlie splined shaft.
5.
Tighten the blade bolt to 100 in.-lbs. (11.3 N•M).
6.
Remove the 3 mm hex wrench from the boss
adapter and gearcase.
