Lower Chute - Craftsman 917.249791 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 Iowerchute
extended edge with "B"on mower housing.
4. With your righthand, push firmly on the Iowerchute until
the extended edge slides under the deflector shield and
along side the hinge bracket as shown.
NOTE: Do not allow frontedge of lower chute to go inside the
mower deckopening.
5. With chute inproper position,hold the chute securely, so
itdoes not move, while hooking the rear and frontlatches
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 gauge wheels on the
deck, then itwill be necessary to hookthe rear latch into
the hole in the R.H. gauge wheel bracket.
CAUTION: Do not remove discharge
guard from mower. Raise and hold guard
when attaching lower chute and allow it
to rest on chute while in operation.
OPTIONAL
GAUGE
_
WHEEL
AND
BRACKET
EXTENDED EDGE "B"
Must be under deflector shield
and along side the hinge bracket
LOWER REAR EDGE
BETWEEN GAUGE WHEEL
BRACKET TAB AND
MOWER HOUSING
AUGN CHUTE'B"
WITH MOWER"B"
PUSH IN
DEFLECTOR SHIELD
HINGE BRACKET
FIG. 5
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DEFLECTOR
SHIELD
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REAR GAUGE
WHEEL
BRACKET
FRONT
LATCH
WITHREAR
GAUGEWHEELS
REAR LATCH
REAR LATCH
WITHOUT
GAUGE WHEELS
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