Craftsman 486.24312 Owner's Manual page 6

7. ATTACHING DETHATCHER TO TRACTOR
Assemble a 5/8" washer onto axle. Insert axle up
through axle bushing. Assemble another 5/8" washer
onto axle and secure with a 1/8" hairpin cotter. See
figure 5.
HAIRPIN COTTER
FIGURE 5
9. If the front of your tractor has front mounting holes as
shown in figure 7, continue on to step 11.
10. If the front of your tractor DOES NOT have front
mounting holes, go to step 14.
J
FIGURE 7
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Insert mounting shaft through holes in both mounting
arms. Secure mounting shaft to mounting arms with
two (large) 1/8" hairpin cotters assembled into inside
holes of shaft. See figure 6.
MOUNTING
SHAT
(.RGE)8 HR:_INOTTER
FIGURE 6
11.
12.
Remove two self threading bolts (if present) from
front cross-member of tractor. Assemble bolts through
lower slots in hitch bracket, then reinstall them back
into front crossmember. (Make sure notches at top
of hitch bracket and crossmember are aligned.) See
figure 8.
From behind tractor's front crossmember, insert two
3/8" x 1" hex bolts through holes in crossmember
(shown in figure 8) and through upper slots in hitch
bracket. Secure with two 3/8" nylock hex nuts.
13. Go to step 16 or= page 7.
SELFTHREADING BOLT
I FRONT
3/8" NYLOCK
NUT
SELF THREADING BOLT
318" x 1"
HEX BOLT
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HITCH BRACKET
FIGURE 8
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