Troy-Bilt 554 Operator's Manual page 11

Trenching (If Equipped)
You can utilize the edger's optional trenching feature in order
to create a wider cutting path for such things as laying wire for
landscape lighting.
WARNING!
Disconnect the spark plug wire and
ground against the engine before performing the
following steps.
WARNING!
The edger blade is sharp. Wear leather
work gloves to protect your hands when working
around the edger blade.
1. Use two wrenches (one wrench to prevent hex bolt head
from spinning and the other to unthread the flange nut)
to remove flange nut that secures edger blade, leaving the
edger blade in place. See Fig. 5–4.
Edger Blade
Flat Washer
Figure 5-4
2. Install the additional edger blade supplied with your
machine and the flat washer. See Fig. 5–4.
3. Secure with the flange nut removed earlier. Use a torque
wrench to tighten the flange nut to between 37 foot-lbs.
and 50 foot-lbs.
NOTE: Make certain that drive belt is seated correctly on
blade spindle and that it is riding smoothly on spindle
sheaves and is not pinched between them. Repeat first
three steps if belt is pinched.
Tri-Star Blade
Flange Nut
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