GB–17
POTENTIAL HAZARD
•
Rotating impeller or auger can cause
injury.
WHAT CAN HAPPEN
•
Rotating impeller or auger can cut off or
injure fingers or hands.
HOW TO AVOID THE HAZARD
•
Stay behind the handles and away from
discharge opening while operating the
snowthrower.
•
Keep face, hands, feet and any other part of
your body or clothing away from
concealed, moving or rotating parts.
•
Before adjusting, cleaning, repairing and
inspecting the snowthrower, and before
unclogging the discharge chute, shut engine
off and wait for all moving parts to stop.
•
Also, pull wire off spark plug and keep
wire away from the plug to prevent
accidental starting.
•
Use a stick, not your hands, to remove
obstructions from discharge chute.
Adjusting Scraper (Fig. 8)
Adjust the scraper to compensate for wear and to
ensure that the auger does not contact the pavement.
1.
Pull wire off spark plug and make sure wire does
not contact plug accidentally.
2.
Check the tire pressure in both tires. Make sure
that they are both inflated equally between 7 and
15 psi.
3.
Move the snowthrower onto a flat surface and
shift the wheels to the FRONT position.
4.
Loosen the (4) flange bolts securing both skids
to the auger side plates.
5.
Next, loosen the carriage bolts securing the
scraper to the auger/impeller housing.
6.
Support the auger blades so that the auger is 1/8
- 1/4 inch off the ground.
7.
Move the scraper so that it contacts the flat
surface all the way across, then tighten the two
rear flanged cap screws securing scraper and
skids to the side plates. This temporarily locks
the scraper in the proper position so that the
remainder of the fasteners can be tightened
without affecting adjustment.
8.
Secure the scraper using carriage bolts and nylon
locknuts.
9.
Adjust the skids; refer to Adjusting Skids,
page 17.
Adjusting Skids (Fig. 9)
For Concrete or Asphalt Surfaces
If the snowthrower is not cleaning up the snow close
enough to the pavement, adjust the skids to lower the
scraper.
If the scraper catches on cracks in the pavement,
adjust the skids to raise the scraper.
1.
Pull wire off spark plug and make sure wire does
not contact plug accidentally.
2.
Loosen the (4) flange bolts securing both skids
to the auger side plates.
3.
Check scraper adjustment to ensure that the
auger does not contact the pavement; refer to
Adjusting Scraper, page 17.
4.
Move the wheels to the REAR Power Shift
position.
5.
Support the scraper to be 1/8 inch above a level
surface if the snowthrower is to be used on
smooth pavement.
Note:
The scraper should be higher than 3/16
inch above the pavement if the
pavement surfaces are cracked, rough
or uneven.
