Lower Chute - Craftsman 917.249890 Owner's Manual

LOWER CHUTE (See Fig. 5)
No hardware required
1. Lower mower deck to its lowest cutting position.
2. With your right hand, raise and hold deflector shield in
upright position.
3. With your left hand, hold lower chute as shown and
position lower rear edge of chute between gauge wheel
bracket tab and mower housing•Align "B" on lower chute
extended edge with "B" on mower housing.
4. With your right hand, push firmly on the lower chute until
the extended edge slides underthe deflector shield and
along side the hinge bracket as shown.
5. Withchuteinproperposition, holdthechutesecurely, so
itdoes not move, while hooking the rear and front latches
to the mower deck.
NOTE: While hooking the latches, the deflector shield may
try to push the chute away from the mower deck opening. It
is important to hold the chute in position while hooking the
latches to the mower deck.
• If your tractor is equipped with gage wheels on the deck,
then it will be necessary to hook the rear latch into the
hole in the R.H. gage wheel bracket.
CAUTION: Do not remove discharge I
guard from mower. Raise and hold guard
I
when attaching lower chute and allow it
to rest on chute while in operation.
OPTIONAL
GAUGE_
WHEEL
AND
BRACKET
LOWER REAR EDGE
BETWEEN GAUGE WHEEL
BRACKET TAB AND
MOWER HOUSING
ALIGN CHUTE"B"
WITH MOWER"B"
\ \ PUSHIN
EXTENDED EDGE "B"
Must be under deflector shield
and along side the hinge bracket
DEFLECTOR SHIELD
HINGE BRACKET
FIG. 5
R.H. GAGE
WHEEL
BRACKET
WITH
GAGE WHEELS
REAR LATCH
DEFLECTOR
SHIELD
WITHOUT
GAGEWHEELS
7
REAR LATCH
FRONT
LATCH