Installing The Handle; Procedure; Handle Assembly; Flange Nut - Toro 38818 Operator's Manual

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Installing the Handle

Parts needed for this procedure:
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Handle assembly

4 Bolts
4 Belleville washers
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Flange nut

Procedure

1. Remove the tie straps that secure the control rods to
the handle.
2. Remove the axle pins from both wheels and slide the
wheels outward on the axle approximately 1 inch (3
cm) (Figure 3).
Note: Save the axle pins so that you can install them
in step 8.
1. Axle pin (2)
2. Cap screw and curved
washer (4)
3. Thread a flange nut (not the flange locknut) with the
flange down onto the traction rod attached to the left
side of the handle (Figure 4).
Figure 3
3. Handle
1. Traction rod
2. Flange nut
4. Position the left side of the handle against the side of
the machine and insert the end of the traction rod
through the lower traction rod loop Figure 4).
5. Align the holes in the left side of the handle with the
holes in the left side plate, and secure the handle with 2
cap screws and Belleville washers until they are finger
tight (Figure 3).
Note: The concave side of the Belleville washer goes
against the outside of the handle.
6. Align the holes in the right side of the handle with
the holes in the right side plate, and secure the handle
with 2 cap screws and Belleville washers until they are
finger tight.
7. Ensure that the handles are at the same height, then
tighten the handle fasteners securely.
8. Slide the wheels outward and insert each axle pin
through the hole in each wheel hub and through the
outer hole of the axle (Figure 5).
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Figure 4
3. Lower traction rod loop
4. Flange locknut