Attaching The Auger Cable - Craftsman 247.886510 Owner's Manual

Line Up Center
of HookWith
Centerof Hole
FIGURE 12.
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Tract i on
Dri_
!e
Cal0te
2. Raise the clutch lever so it is just touching the rub-
ber stop on the handle. See figure 11. With the
clutch lever in this position, swing the traction drive
cable down and simply hold it beside the drive
bracket. Do not pull on spring. Do not move
bracket. The hook on the end of the spring must
line up with the center of the hole in the drive
-._--.------bracket. See figure 12.
If it does not, adjust the nut on the cable by sliding
the spring up and using a 7116" wrench and pliers
to move the nut on the end of the cable up or down
as necessary until the hook on the spring aligns
with the center of the hole in the bracket. See figure
12, inset.
Do not place the pliers on the threaded
part of the cable.
Hooke _ in
Drive Brack _=t
3. Hook the traction drive cable into the drive lever.
There should not be any tension on the spring
when the clutch lever is in the released posi-
-.,_-_--tion (up) position. See figure 13.
To check the adjustment, push the clutch lever down
against the handle. The drive bracket should move up.
Release the clutch lever. Drive bracket should return
to the neutral (down) position, and the clutch lever
should spring up, away from the handle.
FIGURE 13.
Auger Drive
Clutch Lever
1/4
"Z" Fitting
Hooked in
Bottom
FIGURE 14.
Rubber
Stop
ATTACHING THE AUGER CABLE
1. Hook the "Z" fitting on the end of the auger cable
into the bottom hole in the auger drive clutch lever
(left hand side of handle). Hook the fitting from the
.,=----.---inside to the outside as shown in figure 14.