Attaching Grass Catcher To Mower - Yard Machines 430 Series Operator's Manual

• Secure front of bag to front frame by working the
five plastic channels on bottom, sides and top of
bag over frame. See Figure 7 inset.
• Hold the bag and frame so the bag hangs from the
frame (is not bunched around the frame).
• Slide the handle on the grass catcher frame down
into the slot in the hardtop cover .See Figure 8.
Grass
Catcher
Handle
Figure 8
• Press the rear frame into the two tabs at the back of
the hardtop cover.
• Press the cross bar on the front frame into the
channel on the front of the hardtop cover.
• Place the mounting bracket under the front of the
handle, with the tabs on the bracket facing up.
Insert phillips head screw down through the hardtop
cover and mounting bracket. Secure with hex lock
nut. See Figure 9.
Figure 9

Attaching Grass Catcher To Mower

NOTE: The mulching baffle, if so equipped, is already
in place on the mower for shipping purposes. Your lawn
mower may be equipped with both a mulching baffle
and a mulching plug. While the mulching baffle is
located at the rear of the mower, the mulching plug is
located on the right side of the cutting deck. Do not
remove the mulching plug from the mower even when
you are not mulching the grass.
•
Slot In
Hardtop
Cover
IMPORTANT:
of the handle so they are not in the way when attaching
the grass catcher.
•
•
•
Phillips Head
Screw
Mounting
Bracket
Lock
Nut
9
To remove the mulching baffle, lift the rear
discharge door on the mower. Remove the
mulching baffle. See Figure 11.
Mulching
Baffle
Figure 10
Make sure cables are routed to the outside
Lift the rear discharge door on the mower.
Place the hooks on the grass catcher into the slots
in the handle bracket assemblies. See Figure 11.
Release the rear discharge door.
To remove the grass catcher, lift the rear
discharge door on the mower. Lift the grass catcher
up, out of the slots in the handle bracket
assemblies. Release the rear discharge door. See
Figure 11.
WARNING: Never operate the mower
unless the hooks on the grass catcher are
firmly seated in the slots on the handle
bracket assemblies,
discharge door rests firmly against the
top of the grass catcher.
Figure 11
Deck
and the rear
Rear
Discharge
Door
Slot in
Handle
Bracket
Assembly