Attach Handlebar; Move Tiller Off Shipping Platform - Troy-Bilt 12208 Owner's Manual

Section 2: Assembly
STEP2: Attach Handlebar
1. Loosely attach the two legs of the
handlebar support (A, Fig. 2-2) to the
inner sides of the tiller frame using two
3/8"-16 x 3/4" bex hd, screws (B), 3/8" flat
washers (C) and 3/8"-16 bex Iocknuts (D).
2. There are three height adjustment holes
in the two handlebar support brackets (E
and F, Fig. 2-2). Choose a setting that will
positionthe handlebars at approximately
waist level when the tines are 3"-4" into
the soil. Loosely attach the support
brackets to the handlebar support (A)
using two 5/!6"-18 x 1-1/2" screws (G),
5/16" split Iockwashers (H) and 5/16"-18
bex nuts (I). NOTE:If a support bracket
will not move, loosen attaching screw (J)
and nut.
3. Attach the handlebar assembly (K) to
the handlebar support (A) using four
5/16"-18 × 1-1/2" screws (G), 5/16" split
Iockwashers (H) and 5/16"-18 hex nuts (I).
Tighten the four screws securely.
4. Tighten all handlebar mounting
hardware securely.
STEP3: Move Tiller Off Shipping
Platform
To move the tiller without the engine
running, put the wheels in the
FREEWHEEL position, as described below,
1. Use a sturdy block under the transmis-
sion to raise one wheel about !" off the
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Fig. 22: Attach handlebar ( 5,5HPModelshown).
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ground,
2. Removethe hairpin cotter (L, Fig. 2-3)
and wheel drive pin (M). Slide the wheel
inward on the wheel shaft (N). Reinstall
the wheel drive pin through the wheel
shaft only (not through the wheel hub)
and secure it with the hairpin cotter (push
hairpin cotter in as far as it will go).
Repeatwith the other wheel.
3. Using the handlebar as a lever, roll the
tiller to a fiat area.
IMPORTANT:Before starting the engine,
the wheels must be placed in the WHEEL
DRIVE position (pins through wheel hubs
and wheel shaft). This procedure is
described in "Wheel Drive Pins" in
Section 3,
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Fig. 2-3: Wheel in FREEWHEEL position
(wheel drive pin throughwheel shaft
only).