Attaching Side Discharge Chute; Attaching Mulch Plug; Installing Seat And Safety Switch - Yard-Man 13A-325-402 Operator's Manual

Attaching Side Discharge Chute
Your riding mower is shipped to you with the
grasscatcher fully assembled on the unit, A side
discharge chute and a mulching plug are included as
loose parts, Follow the instructions below to attach
the side-discharge chute,
WARNING: Do not operate the mower if
any one of the grasscatcher, discharge
chute or mulching plug is not firmly installed
on the mower.
Pivot the cover up and lower the cutting height
adjustment lever to the lowest position.
Remove the two wing nuts (A and B in Figure
10) from two ends of the grasscatcher chute.
Grasscatcher
Wing
Discharge Wing
Nut B
gNutC
Win
Nut A
Figure 10
Loosen the two wing nuts (C and D in Figure
10) in the middle of the chute. Do not remove.
All four wing nuts (A, B, C, and D) hold the
chute to the deck frame.
Slide the grasscatcher chute to the right and
out of the deck frame.
Slide the side-discharge chute in and place it
on the deck so that the four wing nut positions
align with those on the deck.
Reinsert wing nuts A and B that you had earlier
removed. Tighten to secure.
Tighten the two wing nuts C and D. Check and
make sure that the side-discharge chute is
properly installed and the hardware tightly
secured.
Attaching Mulch Plug
While operating your rider mower, you have three
options: (i) to collect grass clippings in the
grasscatcher, (ii) to discharge grass clippings on the
side, or (iii) to mulch grass and recirculate clippings
back to the lawn. For the third option, attach the
mulching plug to the side-discharge chute and then to
the deck.
Wing Nut_ !Side Discharge Chute
Speed-
Nut
f_ Mulching
Hex Bolt Plug
Figure 11
To assemble the mulching plug, put two hex
bolts through the mulching plug at the
respective openings.
Place speed nuts over the hex bolts.
• Insert the plug into the side discharge chute
aligning the two slots on the two sides of the
side-discharge chute with those on the
mulching plug. See Figure 11.
• Place wing nut on each of the hex bolts and
thread a few turns. Check that the plug is
aligned correctly within the discharge chute.
• Tighten both wing nuts
To attach the mulching plug now to the unit,
follow instructions to attach side discharge
chute to the deck.
Installing Seat and Safety Switch
• Pivot the cover of the mower upwards.
• Align the slots in the frame with the four holes
on the bottom of the seat and secure with four
self-tapping screws. See Figure 12.
• Align the tabs on the safety switch with the
large cut-out on the bottom of the seat, push
the safety switch in and turn clockwise to lock.
See Figure 12.
Alig_
turn
Seeping Screw
\ J
safety switch and
_lockwise to secure
Figure 12
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