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HOW TO USEYOUR MOWER
(CONT'D)
MOWING TIPS
1. Under certain conditionsit may be necessar'yto raise
the height of cut to keep from overloading the engine
and leaving clumps of grass clippings.
2. For extremely heavy cutting, make the width of your
cut 1/2 to 3/4 the normal cut. Thiswill reduce the load
on the engine and give you cleaner cutting and
o bagging.
3
The user should note that when cutting moist, heavy
grass with a rear bagging mower, clumps of cut grass
may fail to enter the grass catcher. To pick up the
clumps if they occur, run the mower over the area a
second time.
4. Under certain conditions a trail of grass clippingsmay.
be left at the right side of the mower. Mowing in a
clockwise direction with a small overlap will allow
these clippings to be collected on next pass.
MAINTENANCE
Be good to your mower. Once a year put on a new
mower blade, a new spark plug, and a new air filter. A
new blade cuts better. With a new sparkplug your engine
will start and run better. A new air filter assure proper
air-fuel mixture. It will help your engine run better and
last longer.
MOWER:
BLOCK
OF WOOD
FIG. 20
FIG. 21
BLADE/BLADE F LANGE CARE
CAUTION:
Protect your hands when removing or in-
stalling blade of your mower• Wear heavy gloves
and/or
wrap blade with heavy cloth when holding
blade. Always use a block of wood when tightening
blade nut or blade bolt•
.Use only a Sears authorized
replacement
blade
to get
the best c'utting results.
CAUTION:
Disconnect
spark plug wire from spark plug
and place
wire where it cannot come in contact
with the
spark
plu_).
I.
To remove
the blade
and blade
flange,
turn mower
on its side with carburetor
and air filter up (See Fig.
20).
2.
Take blade
nut off by turning counter-clockwise.
Use
a 15/16"
box or open end wrench on the blade
nut
(See Fig. 20),
3.
Put a block af wood between
the blade
and mower
housing to. prevent
blade rotation when removing
and
tightening
blade
nut.
NOTE:
Always
check the blade
flange
when changing
the blade
to be sure tab has not been damaged
(See Fig.
21).
4.
If the tab in the blade
flange is damaged
replace
ti:e
blade
flange
NOTE
.The b.'ade flange _,ith tab attaches
_he blade
to
crankshaft,
it _snot intended to protect the crankshaft.
The
tab must be in good
condition
and located
in slat of
crankshaft
to keep blode
attached
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FiG. 22
5.
Put the blade
flange on the engine crankshaft
with the
tab in the slot of the crankshaft
(See Figr 2 t).
6. Put the blade
on the crankshaft
as shown in (Fig. 2 t).
Be sure the word
"TOP"
(stamped
in the blade)
is
toward
the engine.
;7. Install the flat washer,
tw¢ !'2) formed washers
and
blade
nut os removed
ob._ve
NOTE:
We recommena
:ha, "._e blade
nut be replaced
r
when restarting
a _ew a,ade.
8.
Tighten hi,de
n,Jt. The red3mme._.deS, tightening
tor-
que is 50-65
._. ibs. Use _".cc;: o( wood
to prevent
blade
rotation.
NOTE:
Tora_,e "_:encn_s
c:'_. c_ _ ::Die _
.'no:: Sears
retail
srore_ on ! ,_r,_u_h
":he cor;,",.'_2
A loose blade
ca-
"es_'.', r
s'a,-ting
o: engine.
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