Installing The Handle - Toro 38606 Operator's Manual

1. Installing the Handle

1 Handle
4 Bolts
4 Belleville washers
1 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
(2.5 cm) (Figure 3).
1. Axle pin (2)
2. Cap screw and Belleville
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 assembly against
the side of the snowthrower 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 assembly
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
assembly 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 inward and insert each axle pin
through the hole in each wheel hub and through the
outer hole of the axle (Figure 5).
Note: To use tire chains (optional), install the axle
pins through the outer axle holes.
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Figure 4
3. Lower traction rod loop
4. Flange locknut
Figure 5