Installing The Snowthrower Tension Spring - Toro 79482 Operator's Manual

Figure 17
1. Mid–mount hitch
2. Control rod support
16. Close the mid-mount hitch by moving the lock handle
forward and by pulling out the J–pin and locking it into
place (Fig. 15).
17. Install the 2 lift springs into the lift tube eyebolts
(Fig. 18).
18. Temporarily, adjust the eyebolts until there is 1 inch
(26 mm) of the threads past the nuts (Fig. 18).
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Figure 18
1. Lift spring
2. Lift tube
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3. Snowthrower frame
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3. Eyebolt
4. 1 inch (26 mm)
Installing the Snowthrower
Tension Spring
1. Hook one end of the tension spring onto the
snowthrower frame hook (Fig. 19).
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1. Tension spring
2. Tension spring arm
2. Slide the crank support rod onto the tension spring lever
(Fig. 20).
3. Pull out the J–pin on the leftside of the snowthrower
pulley box (Fig. 20).
4. Rotate the tension spring arm forward and hook the
spring into the tension spring arm (Fig. 19).
5. Rotate the tension spring lever up with the crank
support rod and lock the lever with the J–pin on the
leftside of the snowthrower pulley box (Fig. 20).
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Figure 19
3. Snowthrower frame hook