Installation - Craftsman 917.254740 Owner's Manual

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FIGURE 7
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ENGINE
PULLEY
FIGURE 8
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ATTACHMENT
CLUTCH
Mower Installation
Your 38"mower installs without the use of tools.
a. Raise lift lever (Fig. 9) to its highest position.
b. Turn height adjustment knob counterclockwise
(f_'J to lowest position (Fig. 9).
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Install front hinge pin through tractor axle ano
paraltel fink (Fig. 7), Secure with retainer spring.
NOTE: SMALLER END OF PARALLEL LINK
MOUNTS TO TRACTOR,
Install rear hinge pin through mower lift brackets
and parallel link (Fig, 7), Secure with retainer
spring,
Move lift lever forward to lower suspensior
arms.
Slide trunnions through lift bracket holes an_
secure with retainer spring (Fig. 8).
With belt routed around R.H. mower pufle'_
and idler put/ey, ro// belt over enginc
pulley (Fig. 8) Drive schematic decal or
mower housing.
Roll belt over L.H. mower pu//ey.
Use lift lever to raise mower.
Turn height adjustment knob ctockwis_
(,F-, ) to the middle of its travel.
LIFT LEVER
"HIGHEST" POSITION
LIFT' LEVER
"LOWEST"
POSITION
HEIGHT 'ADJUSTMEN_I
KNOB
FIGURE 9
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