Tine Replacement - Craftsman 917.299850 Owner's Manual

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SERVICE AN ADJUSTMENTS
TINE REPLACEMENT (See Figs. 24, 25 and
26)
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CAUTION: Tines are sharp. Wear I
gloves or other protection when ham I
dllng tines.
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A badly worn tine causes your tiller to work harder and dig
more shalrow. Most important, worn tines cannot chop and
shred organic matter as effectively nor bury it as deeply as
good tines. A ttne this worn needs to be replaced,
NEW TINE WORN TINE
FIG. 24
To maintain the superb tilling performance of this
machine the tines should be checked for sharpness,
wear, and bending, particularly the tines which are next
to the transmission, if the gap between the tines
exceeds 3d/2 inches they should be replaced or
straightened as necessary
New tines should be assembled as shown {n Fig 26.
Sharpened tine edges will rotate rearward from above
3-1/2" MAX--_--'_
FIG. 25
COUNTER
TINE
ROTATION
SHARP EDGE
HAIRPIN CLIP
HAIRPIN CLIP
SHARPEDGE
SHEARPIN
SHARP
_HEARPIN _
FIG. 26
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