Installing The Blade - MasterCraft 54-8306-8 Owner's Manual

INSTALLING THE BLADE – cont'd
2. While pressing the shaft-locking
button, rotate the blade wrench
clockwise until the blade-locking
button engages the blade shaft.
Continue turning the blade wrench
clockwise to remove the blade screw
and the large washer (4).
NOTE: The blade screw has a left-handed
thread and must be turned clockwise to
be removed.
3. To place blade onto the motor shaft,
rotate the blade guard lever (5)
forward and slide the blade (6)
through the slot (7) in the sole plate
until it fits over the motor shaft (8)
(Fig. 4).
NOTE: Make sure the blade teeth are
pointing forward at the bottom of the blade.
4. Place the large flat washer (4) onto
the motor shaft.
NOTE: Make sure the flat sections of the
large washer fit over the matching flat
sections on the motor shaft.
5. Insert the blade screw (3) through the
large flat washer and thread it
counter- clockwise into the end of
the motor shaft.
6. Lock motor shaft using the shaft-
locking button and firmly tighten the
blade screw using the blade wrench
(2).
NOTE: Make sure the screw is NOT cross-
threaded and that the blade does not
wobble when turned by hand.
ASSEMBLY AND OPERATING
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Fig. 3
Fig. 4