Assembling Your Lawn Mower - Troy-Bilt Smart Speed 569 Operator's Manual

SECTION 3: ASSEMBLING YOUR LAWN MOWER
Tools Required
• Pair of Pliers
• Funnel
NOTE: Reference to right or left hand side of the mower
and/or front or behind the mower is observed from the
operating position.
Hardware Pack
Please identify each piece of the
hardware pack as shown in
figure here.
Assembling Handle
1. Remove grass bag from the unit and set it out of the
way. See Figure 1. Remove any packing material
between the handles.
2. Lift lower
handle
3. Lift upper
handle
Figure 1
2. Raise the lower handle in the direction shown in
Figure 1 till it snaps into place.
3. Raise the upper handle in the direction shown in
Figure 1.
4. Tighten the wing nuts shown in Figure 2.
Upper
Handle
Figure 2
NOTE: Route the cables inside the lower handle. Also
do not crimp the cables while lifting the handle up.
5. Pull the drive control bar all the way back.
Wing
Carriage
Nut (2)
Bolt (2)
1. Move bag
away
Tighten these
wing nuts
Lower
Handle
7
6. While holding the drive control bar, hook the "Z"
end of the drive cable into the bottom hole of the
drive control bar from inside to outside. See Figure
3 .
Insert Z fitting
Figure 3
7. Remove the hairpin clip from the outer hole of the
weld pin on the lower handle. See Figure 4.
8. Using a pair of pliers, insert this clip into the inner
hole on the weld pin. Repeat on other side. See
Figure 4.
Wing Nut
Hairpin
Clip
Figure 4
9. Insert carriage bolt from the hardware pack into the
upper hole on the handle mounting bracket. See
Figure 4 for direction of the carriage bolt.
10. Secure with plastic wing nut from the hardware
pack. Repeat on the other side.
11. Attach cables to the lower handle with the two cable
ties already on the lower handle. Insert pegs on
cable ties into the holes on the lower handle. Pull
cable ties tight and cut off the extra.
Drive Control
Bar
Carriage
Bolt
Handle
Mounting
Bracket
Weld Pin