Craftsman 536.88644 User Manual page 8

2. Remove and discard the packing
materialfrom around the snow
thrower.
3. Cut down all four corners of the car-
ton and lay the panels flat.
4. Roll snow thrower off the carton by
pulling on the lower handle. CAU-
TION: DO NOT back over cables.
.
6.
Remove the packing material from
handle assembly.
Cut ties securing the clutch control
cables to the lower handle and lay
cable back away from the motor
frame.
TO ASSEMBLE THE HANDLE AND
CRANK ASSEMBLY
1. Cut tie holding shift rod to lower
har_dle and move shifter to the first
forward gear.
2. Loosen, but do not remove, the
screws, flatwashers, Iockwashers,
and hex nuts in the upper holes of
the lower handle. See Figure 3.
Right Hand Side
Of Upper Handle_
5/16" Hex
5/16" Split
Lockwasher
Loosen,
but do not
remove
11/32"
Flatwasher
5/16"
Screw
Figure 3
NOTE: Make sure the cables are not
caught between the upper and lower
handle.
3. Raise the upper handle into operat-
ing position. Upper handle should
be to the outside of the lower han-
dle.
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NOTE: If the cables have become dis-
connected form the clutch levers, rein-
stall the cables as shown in Figure 4.
NOTE: Position cable through slots on
shifter plate.
Clutch Lever
"Z" Fitting
Control
Cable _,,
Figure 4
4. Install hardware supplied in the
parts bag (screw, flatwasher, lock-
washer, and hex nut) into bottom
hole on right hand side of handles.
DO NOT tighten until all bolts are in
place.
5. Locate crank assembly removed
earlier and remove the nylon lock-
nut and flatwasher from the eye
bolt assembly. See Figure 5.
Left Hand Side Of,
Upper Handle
8
Eye Bolt
.
Crank f
\
3/8" Nylon
y Locknut
3/8"
Flatwasher
3/8" Flatwasher
Figure 5
Reinstall flatwasher and adaptor.
Install eye bolt through lower hole
on the left hand side of the handle.