Discharge Chute; Adjusting Scraper; Adjusting Skids - Toro 38083 Operator's Manual

POTENTIAL HAZARD
Rotating impeller or auger can cause
injury.
WHAT CAN HAPPEN
Rotating impeller or auger can cut off or
injure fingers or hands.
HOW TO AVOID THE HAZARD
Stay behind the handles and away from
discharge opening while operating the
snowthrower.
Keep face, hands, feet and any other part of
your body or clothing away from
concealed, moving or rotating parts.
Before adjusting, cleaning, repairing and
inspecting the snowthrower, and before
unclogging the discharge chute, shut engine
off and wait for all moving parts to stop.
Also, pull wire off spark plug and keep
wire away from the plug to prevent
accidental starting.
USE A STICK, NOT YOUR HANDS, TO
REMOVE OBSTRUCTIONS FROM

DISCHARGE CHUTE.

10. In some snow and cold weather conditions, some
controls and moving parts may freeze. Therefore,
when any control becomes hard to operate, stop
the engine and wait for all moving parts to stop;
then check all parts for freeze up. DO NOT USE
EXCESSIVE FORCE AND TRY TO OPERATE
THE CONTROLS WHEN FROZEN. Free all
controls and moving parts before operating.

Adjusting Scraper

Adjust the scraper to compensate for wear and to
ensure that the auger does not contact the pavement.
1. Pull wire off spark plug and make sure wire does
not contact plug accidentally (Fig. 25).
2. Check the tire pressure in both tires. Make sure
that they are inflated equally between 7-15 psi.
3. Move snowthrower to a level surface.
4. Loosen the (4) flange bolts securing both skids
to the auger side plates (Fig. 17) until the skids
can be slid up and down easily.
5. Next, loosen the carriage screws securing the
scraper to the auger housing (Fig. 27).
6. Support the auger blades (Fig. 27) so that the
auger is 1/8–1/4 inch off the ground.
7. Move the scraper so that it contacts the flat
surface all the way across, then tighten the two
rear flanged bolts securing scraper and skids to
the side plates. This temporarily locks the
scraper in the proper position so that the
remainder of the fasteners can be tightened
without affecting adjustment.
8. Secure the scraper using carriage screws and
nylon lock nuts.
9. Adjust the skids; refer to Adjusting Skids,
page 15.
Adjusting Skids (Fig. 17)
For Concrete or Asphalt Surfaces
If the snowthrower is not cleaning up the snow close
enough to the pavement, adjust the skids to lower the
scraper.
If the scraper catches on cracks in the pavement,
adjust the skids to raise the scraper.
1. Pull wire off spark plug and make sure wire does
not contact plug accidentally (Fig. 25).
2. Loosen the (4) flange bolts securing both skids
to the auger side plates (Fig. 17).
3. Check scraper adjustment to ensure that the
auger does not contact the pavement; refer to
Adjusting Scraper, page 15.
4. Support the scraper to be 1/8 inch above a level
surface if the snowthrower is to be used on
smooth pavement.
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