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Powerhead Installation
AH231_10
Top Engine
Cover Screw
Lower Engine
Cover Screws
Allen
Wrench
1. Place the powerhead on a clean, flat
surface, spark plug facing up.
2. Use the 4 mm hex wrench to loosen the
tube clamp screw.
Tube Clamp
Hex
Wrench
Connect the Outer Tube
to the Powerhead.
3. Add some moly-type EP grease to
splines at the end of the main shaft.
4. Slide the outer tube into the tube clamp
until the tube bottoms. If installation is
difficult, rotate the outer tube or main
shaft slightly until you feel the mainshaft
splines engage with the powerhead.
See Figure 6.
5. Position the outer tube so that the igni-
tion switch is facing up and the throttle
lever is facing down. See Figure 6.
6. Slide the outer tube into the powerhead
until the throttle grip just contacts the
tube clamp.
7. Tighten the clamp screw firmly.
Figure 5
Grip
Spark Plug
Ignition
Switch
Main
Shaft
Tube
Clamp
Outer Tube
Clamp Screw
Figure 6
Throttle Lever
CAUTION!
Do not force the shaft tube into the
powerhead! Excessive force can dam-
age the shaft tube and mainshaft.
AH231_12
AH231_11
Connecting the Throttle Cable
Remove the Cylinder Cover.
1. Remove the spark plug boot.
2. Loosen the three cylinder cover screws,
and then lift off the cylinder cover.
Connect the Throttle Cable.
Install the black wire between
the two cable adjusters.
Connect the
throttle cable
Cable
Adjuster
Ignition
Ground
Lead
3. Connect the S-shaped end of the throttle
cable to the throttle lever on top of the
carburetor. See Figure 9.
1. Loop the ribbed cable tube to the top left
side of the engine.
2. Install the black wire between the two
cable adjuster nuts as shown in Figure 8.
Figure 7
Figure 8
Figure 9
Disconnect the
spark plug boot and
loosen the three engine
cover screws (top
screw is captive)
