Attach Grass Bags; Grass Bag - MTD 190-182,190-180 Operator's Manual

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Attaching
Grass Bags
& Grass Bag
Cover
All Model Series
600 & 700
NOTE:
Insert the clevis pins
from the outside in
as shown in the inset
images of Fig. 4-4.
NOTE:
It is very important to
maintain this order and
direction while installing
these hardware pieces.
After installation, make
sure that the grass bag
cover pivots on the sup-
port tube and opens.
Attaching Grass Bags &
Grass Bag Cover
1. Place the support tube in position on the rear of unit
by sliding the support tube down through the holes in
the left side of the bracket assembly. Use the inside
hole on the bracket assembly regardless of what size
deck your tractor is equipped with. Refer to Fig. 4-1.
2. Attach the grass bags by hooking them onto the grass
bag bracket using the slots in the grass bag and the
tabs on the grass bag bracket as shown in Fig. 4-2.
3. Remove both clevis pins, belleville washers and
hairpin clips from the hinges of the grassbag cover.
4. Place the grass bag cover on top of the grass bags
and align the holes on the hinges of the grass bag
cover with the corresponding holes on the support
tube assembly. See Fig. 4-3.
5. Reinsert the clevis pins previously removed through
the hinge on the support tube assembly and then
through the grass bag cover. See Fig. 4-4.
6. Secure with belleville washer and hairpin clip with the
crown side of the washer going against the hairpin
clip. See inset images in Fig. 4-4.
7. Repeat with the second set of hardware through the
second hinge of the grass bag and the tube assembly
from the opposite direction.
NOTE: Insert the clevis pins from the outside in as
shown in the inset images of Figure 4-4.
NOTE: It is very important to maintain this order and
direction while installing these hardware pieces. After
installation, make sure that the grass bag cover pivots on
the support tube and opens.
Figure 4-4
Inside Hole
Figure 4-1
Figure 4-2
Figure 4-3
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