Installing Snowplow - Western HTS Mechanic's Manual

INSTALLING SNOWPLOW

BLADE TO A-FRAME
1. Remove the headlamp box and
small parts box from carton.
Remove carton wall sleeve
by sliding it up and over box
contents. Remove and discard
the four corner tubes and place
sleeve fl at on the fl oor. Remove
the (2) lag screws (located
on either side of the lift ram)
securing the A-frame to the
pallet.
NOTE: When the lift ram is pinned,
the lift frame can still rotate
forward when loaded. A relief
valve is built into the lift portion of
the hydraulic circuit.
Lit. No. 41467, Rev. 01
Insert the 5/8" x 3-1/2" clevis pin
through the top hole on the lift
frame to secure the base end
of the lift ram to the lift frame.
Remove the lift frame, A-frame
and power unit assembly from
the box and place it on the
carton sleeve.
2. Place some cardboard or wood
on the fl oor where blade will be
assembled. Remove the blade
from the pallet and place it face
down.
Insert 5/8" x 3-1/2"
clevis pin.
3. Place the A-frame nose plate
over the quadrant pivot section.
Secure with one 1" x 9" cap
screw (pivot bolt) and a locknut.
Tighten locknut as much as
possible while allowing A-frame
and quadrant to pivot.
1" x 3-1/4"
Clevis Pin
1" x 9" Cap Screw
(pivot bolt)
4. Position the rod ends of the
two 8" rams in the brackets on
the back of the quadrant with a
1" x 3-1/4" clevis pin (installed
from the top down through
bracket) and secure with cotter
pin (not shown).
1" x 3-1/4"
Clevis Pin
Locknut
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