Install Seat; Check Tire Pressure; Check Brake System; Assemble Gauge Wheels And Brackets To Mower Deck - Craftsman 917.273220 Owner's Manual

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INSTALL SEAT
Adjust seat before tightening adjustment
knob.
• Remove cardboard packing on seat
pan.
• Place seat on seat pan and assemble
shoulder bolt. Tighten shoulder bolt
securely.
• Assemble adjustment knob and fiat
washer loosely. Do not tighten.
• Lower seat into operating position and
sit on seat.
• Slide seat until a comfortable position is
reached which allows you to press
clutch/brake pedal all the way down.
• Get off seat without moving its adjusted
position.
• Raise seat and tighten adjustment knob
securely.
Seat
Seat Pan
Shoulder
Bolt
Adjustment
Knob
Flat Washer
CHECK TIRE PRESSURE
The tires on your tractor were ovednflated
at the factory for shipping purposes.
Correct tire pressure is important for best
cutting performance.
• Reduce tire pressure to PSI shown in
=PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS" on
page 5 of this manual.
CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM
After you leam how to operate your trac-
tor, check to see that the brake is properly
adjusted. See "1"O ADJUST BRAKE" in
the Service and Adjustments section of
this manual.
ASSEMBLE GAUGE WHEELS AND
BRACKETS TO MOWER DECK
The gauge wheels are designed to keep
the mower deck in proper position when
operating mower. Be sure they are proper-
ly adjusted to ensure optimum mower per-
formance.
• Attach front gauge wheel brackets
marked front left (FL), front right (FR)
to mower deck using (3) carriage bolts
and (3) Iocknuts. For ease of installation
do not tighten Iocknuts until all carriage
belts have been installed.
• Attach rear gauge wheel brackets
marked rear left (R L), rear right (RR) to
mower deck using (3) carriage bolts and
(3) Iocknuts. For ease of installation do
not tighten Iocknuts until all carriage
bolts have been installed.
• Slide gauge wheel bar down into brack-
et channel, Be sure that gauge wheel
bar aligning holes are on top. Assemble
gauge wheels as shown using shoulder
bolts, 318 washers and 3/8-16 center
Iocknuts and tighten securely.
• Adjust gauge wheels to highest position
for ease of mower deck assembly.
• Adjust gauge wheels before operating
mower as shown in the operation sec-
tion of this manual.
Retainer _ _.Crownlock
rNuts
Gauge Wheel
Mounting
Adjusting Bar
Shoulder Bolt
Gauge
3/8-16 q
CamageBolts
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