Handle Height Adjustment; Throttle Control Adjustment - MTD Cub Cadet 950 Owner's Manual

SECTIONS: ADJUSTMENTS
Warning
: Do not at any time make any adjustment to lawn mower without first stopping engine and
disconnecting spark plug wire.
HANDLE HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT
Your mower is shipped with the handle in the higher height position. To lower the handle height, proceed as
follows.
• Remove the starter rope from the rope guide.
• Remove the upper handle by removing the hand knobs and carriage bolts. Lay the upper handle out of the
way being careful not to bend or kink the cables.
• Remove the hairpin clips from the weld pins on the handle brackets. Press out on the legs of the lower
handle. Remove the lower handle from the mower.
• Turn the lower handle around so that the notch on the bottom of the lower handle is facing forward as
shown in Figure 7. Reassemble placing the bottom holes in the handle over the weld pins in the handle
mounting bracket.
• Reassemble the upper handle to the lower handle.
• Place the hairpin clips in the inner holes in the weld pins and attach the starter rope as instructed in the Set-
Up Instructions.
THROTTLE CONTROL ADJUSTMENT
Figure 8
If the throttle control is out of adjustment or if it has been replaced, adjust the throttle control as follows.
• Remove the screw shown in Figure 8. Remove the cable clamp from the cable.
• Push the throttle control lever on the handle all the way forward as far as it will go, then back it off one
"click". Make certain the throttle control lever remains in this position.
• Push the control lever on the engine as far toward the rear of the engine as it will go. Secure the cable in
this position with the cable clamp and screw.
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