Craftsman 486.240383 Owner's Manual page 8

NOTE
RODS ARE SPRING STEEL AND
REQUIRE BENDING OR BOWING AS
SHOWN BELOW IN FIGURE 18. DO
NOT OVER BEND AND LOSE BAG
SUPPORT TENSION.
10. Assemble the two hopper support rods as
shown in figure 18. Place top end of rod into
hole in upper tube and bend rod outwards_and
snap bottom end of rod into hole in bottom tube
FIGURE 18
11, Locate hole along side of upper hopper tubes
and pierce a hole through the bag aligned with
the hole in the tube, See figure 19.
I2_
Slide pivot _od through hole in side of upper
hopper tube that you just pierced in step 11_
Slide one mounting clamp, two bag retainer
clevises, and one more mounting clamp onto rod
before rod is pushed into other hole on opposite
side of bag, See figure 20,
MOUNTING CLAMP
PIVOT ROD
MOUNTING CLAMP
FIGURE 20
13
Secure the bag retainer clevis on each side of
bag with 1/8" x ,3/4" cotter pins, See figure 21.
Wrap cotter pin around pivot rod as shown in
figure 21
_NOTE
Bag retainers must pivot freely
I UPPER HOPPER TUBE
/
I
FIGURE 19
R
BAG RETAINER C
ROD
'_"= _.__..= CROSS-SECTION
_'OF PIVOT ROD
FIGURE 21