Installation
5
Assembling the Snowthrower
Attach Lift Tube
Connect the lift tube to the snowthrower frame
assembly with the 2 5/8” (67 mm) clevis pin and
clip (Fig. 1)
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Figure 1
1.
Lift tube
2.
Snowthrower frame
assembly
3.
Clevis pin 2 5/8” (67 mm)
4.
Clevis clip
Assemble the Discharge Chute
Install the discharge chute assembly onto the
chute ring with (3) 5/16 x 3/4” (19 mm) carriage
bolts (heads to the inside), (3) 5/16” (8 mm)
washers and (3) 5/16” locknuts (Fig. 2).
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Figure 2
1.
Discharge chute assembly
2.
Carriage bolt 5/16 x 3/4”
(19 mm)
3.
Washer 5/16” (8 mm)
4.
Locknut 5/16”
5.
Chute ring
Verify the Drive Chain Tension
Verify that the drive chain has between 1/8” and 1/2”
deflection in the area shown in Figure 3. If the chain
is too tight or too loose, adjust it; refer to Adjusting
Drive Chain Tension, page 25.
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Figure 3
1.
Drive chain
2.
Check deflection here
Assemble Spring Tension Link
Insert the hooked end of the spring tension link
into the open hole in the outer leg of the spring
tension lever (Fig. 4).
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Figure 4
1.
Spring tension lever
2.
Hooked end of spring
tension link
3.
Outer leg