Attaching The Hopper Assembly - Troy-Bilt 494 Operator's Manual

Attaching the Hopper Assembly

• Remove the 8-3/8" long hex bolt and the hex nut
from the bottom of the inlet guide opening. See
Figure 2.
• Place the hopper assembly on the ground and hold
it in the position.
• Holding the hopper, push hopper pivot door down
inside the hopper.
• Slide the hopper assembly towards the chipper-
shredder housing so that the upper guide on the
hopper assembly slides under the stop washer on
each side of the inlet guide.
• Align the two holes (one on each side) of the lower
hopper with the two holes (one on each side) of the
inlet guide.
• Insert the hex bolt (that you earlier removed) from
the left through the hole on the hopper and the inlet
guide. Insert the hex nut onto the bolt from the other
side.
• Tighten the bolt till the lock nut is engaged. Make
sure to remove any side play from the bolt, but the
hopper should be able to pivot.
Hex Bolt
Hopper Pivot Door
Stop Washer
Inlet
Guide
Figure 2
• To raise the hopper, hold the hopper by the hand-
hold and lift it up till it clicks into position.
• To lower the hopper, hold the hopper by the hand-
hold and pull the release bar. The hopper should
drop down.
• The flap control rod is already attached to the
hopper at the top, as indicated in Figure 3. The
Inlet Guide Opening
Hopper
Hole
Hex Nut
Hopper
other end of the rod has to be attached to the stop
washer on the inlet guide.
• Raise the hopper till it clicks into position.
• Unscrew the shoulder bolt from the stop washer on
the inlet guide. See Figure 3.
• Align the loose end of the flap control rod with the
stop washer on the inlet guide. See Figure 3.
• Slide the shoulder bolt through the opening in the
flap control rod. See Figure 3. Secure tightly.
WARNING: This flap control rod is a safety
device to hold the flap in place inside the
hopper while shredding branches. Do not
operate the
properly attaching this flap control rod to
the unit.
Bolt
Hex Nut*
Stop Washer*
Flap Control Rod
NOTE: This part is
already assembled.
* Do not remove this hardware from the inlet guide
assembly while attaching the flap control rod.
Attaching the Discharge Chute
• Remove the wing knobs from each side of the
discharge opening on the chipper shredder.
See Figure 4.
• Using two 7/16" wrenches, remove hex lock nut,
two spacers, and hex bolt from top of the housing
assembly. For easy assembly, do not remove the
second spacer from the hex bolt.
• Place the discharge chute in position on the
discharge opening. Insert hex bolt and spacer
through hinge on discharge chute and housing
(spacer fits inside of hinge).
• Place second spacer over hex bolt inside the other
part of the hinge. Secure with hex lock nut and
tighten securely. See Figure 4.
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chipper-shredder without
Hopper
Figure 3