Craftsman 247.888550 El Manual Del Propietario página 8

• Insert hex bolt through the upper chute crank
bracket, handle panel support, and upper left
handle. Secure the bracket using cupped
washer and hex nut. Make sure that the cupped
side of the washer is set against the contour of
the handle.
Nut
Handle Panel
Washer
Support*
Upper Chute
Crank Bracket
* This part is already attached inside the handle panel
Figure 5
• You may have to loosen the carriage bolts and
hex lock nuts which secure the lower chute
crank bracket to the extension on the left side of
the chute assembly. See Figure 6.
Lower Chute
Crank Bracket
Figure 6
• Place one 3/8 ID flat washer (from group G of
the hardware pack) on the end of the chute
crank, then insert the end of the crank into the
eye hole in the plastic bushing in the chute crank
bracket. See Figure 7.
Cotter Pin
Flat Washer
Lower Chute
Crank Bracket
Figure 7
Hex Bolt
Carriage Bolt,
Hex Lock Nut
Flat Washer
Chute Crank
Plastic Bushing
• Place the other 3/8 ID flat washer (from the
same group of hardware) on the end of the chute
crank and insert hairpin clip into eye hole at the
end of the chute crank. See Figure 7.
• Slide the upper chute crank through the plastic
bushing in the upper chute crank bracket and
then into the lower chute crank. See Figure 8.
Align the holes on the two pieces of the chute
crank, and secure with hairpin clip from group C
of the hardware pack.
• Adjust the chute bracket so that the spiral on the
chute crank fully engages the teeth on the chute
assembly.
• Using a wrench, tighten the hex bolt and the hex
nut on the upper chute crank bracket.
• Fully rotate the chute, using the chute crank, to
make sure that it moves freely. Tighten the nuts
on the lower chute crank bracket securely.
Tilt
Chute
Cables
• Slip the cables that run from the handle panel to
the chute into the cable guide located on top of
the engine. See Figure 9.
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Hairpin Clip
Upper
Chute
Crank
Upper
Chute
Crank
Bracket
Lower Chute
Crank
Figure 8
Cable Guide
Figure 9