Stihl FS 311 Instruction Manual page 26

English
Fitting the mowing head with screw
mounting
Keep the supplement sheet for the
mowing head in a safe place.
1
Fit the thrust plate
N
Turn the mowing head
N
anticlockwise on the shaft (1) as far
as it will go
Retain the shaft
N
Tighten the mowing head
N
NOTICE
Remove the tool that was used to block
the shaft.
Removing the Mowing Head
Retain the shaft
N
Turn the mowing head clockwise
N
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Removing and Installing Metal Cutting
Attachments
Keep the leaflet and packaging of the
metal cutting attachment in a safe place.
WARNING
Wear protective gloves to reduce the
risk of direct contact with the sharp
cutting edges.
Mount only one metal cutting
attachment.
Mounting Grass Cutting Blades, Brush
Knife
Notice on new machines that come
standard with a mowing head only: A
"metal mowing attachment mounting kit"
is required to mount a grass cutting
blade or brush knife. Kits are available
from your servicing dealer.
Check direction of rotation of cutting
attachment
1
3
The cutting edges of the cutting
attachments 1 and 2 must point
clockwise.
Cutting attachments 3 and 4 may be
mounted either way round – they must
be turned over regularly to help avoid
one-sided wear.
Use guard ring for mowing
N
attachments.
2
4
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