Tine Replacement - Craftsman 917.293180 Owner's Manual

TINE REPLACEMENT
_I,CAUTION: "13nes 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.
NewTine Worn Tine
• To maintain the superb tilling perfor-
mance of this machine the tines should
be checked for sharpness, wear, and
bending, particularly the tines which an
next to the transmission. If the gap be-
tween the tines exceeds 3-1/2 inches
they should be replaced or straightene_
as necessary.
• New tines should be assembled.
Sharpened tine edges will rotate rear-
ward from above.
Trans_iion
*-3-1/2" MAX
Shear Pin
Sharp Edge
Shear Pin -_
Sharp Edge
Counter "line
Rotation
Sharp
Edge
Hairpin Clip
Sharp
Edge
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