Tine Replacement - Craftsman 917.293471 Owner's Manual

TINE REPLACEMENT
_CAUTION: Tines are sharp. Wear
gloves or other protection when handling
tines.
A badly worn tine causes your tiller to
work harder and dig more shallow. Most
important, worn tines cannot chop and
shred organic matter as effectively nor
bury it as deeply as good tines. A tine this
worn needs to be replaced.
New "line
• To maintain the superb tilling perfor-
mance of this machine the tines should
be checked for sharpness, wear, and
bending, particularly the tines which
are next to the transmission. If the gap
between the tines exceeds 3-1/2
inches they should be replaced or
straightened as necessary.
• New tines should be assembled.
Sharpened tine edges will rotate
rearward from above.
Transmission
TinE
3-1/2"
MAX
Tine
Shear Pin
Sharp Edg
Shear Pin .._
Sharp Edge
Counter "line
Rotation
'_ Sharp
_ dge
Hairpin Clip
Sharp
Edge
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