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Sears Craftsman 917.378590 Owner's Manual page 13

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SERVICE AND ADJUSTMENTS
TO ADJUST HANDLE (See Figs. 11 Thru 13)
Your lawn mower handle can be raised or lowered for you r
mowing comfort.
Four (4) positions are available: high,
medium high, medium low and low. Handles are shipped
mounted in the medium low position.
°
To change from medium low to medium high position,
the upper and lower handle sections will have to be
turned over (See Fig. 11B).
Remove the controls and operator presence control
bar from the upper handle.
: .....
Remove the starter rope guide from the lower handle.
-
:Remove hairpin cotters.
_ Disconnect the lower handle from the handle brackets
(See Fig. 13).
°
Turn the handle over and reassemble the hairpin
cotters that have been removed.
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Reassemble the starter rope guide.
Reassemble the controls and the operator presence
control bar to the upper handle.
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CAUTION: The operator presence con-
trol bar must pivot freely to permit blade
: brake engagement when control bar is
released.
Do not overtighten the fas-
teners holding the controls to the up-
per handle. .....
To change from medium low to high position only the
upper handle section will have to be turned over (See
Fig. 12A).
°
To change from medium low to low position, only the
lower handle section will have to be turned over (See
Fig. 12B).
SHIPPING POSITION
MEDIUM LOW
MEDIUM HIGH
FIG. 11A
FIG. 11B
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LOW
FIG. 12A
FIG. 12B
\
LOWER HANDLE
SQUEEZE
TO REMOVE
HAIRPIN COTTER
HANDLE BRACKET
FIG. 13
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