Yard Machines Series 440 Operator's Manual page 10

Removing Grass C atcher
• Lift
the rear discharge door on the mower.
,, Lift the grass catcher up, out of the slots in the
handle bracket assemblies.
• Reinstall the plastic rear mulching baffle.
• Release the rear discharge door.
WARNING:
Never operate the mower
unless the hooks on the grass catcher are
seated in the slots on the handle bracket
assemblies, and the rear discharge door
rests firmly against the top of the grass
catcher.
• Slide the push nut onto the right side of the rod to
secure.
AttachingChuteDeflector
• Lift the rear discharge door on the mower.
• Place the ends of the rod into the slots in the handle
bracket assemblies. See Figure 15.
• Release the rear discharge door.
ChuteDeflector (Ifequipped)
If your mower is equipped with the chute deflector,
assemble as follows:
Rod Tab
Chute
Deflector
Rear
Discharge
Door
/
Slots in
Handle Bracket
Assemblies
Push
Nut
Figure 14
Slide the rod into the upper edge of the chute
deflector so the tab on the rod is toward the left side
of the chute deflector. When assembled correctly,
the rod will extend further to the left side than the
right side. See Figure 14.
Figure 15
Converting to Mulcher
• Lift the rear discharge door.
• Remove the grassbag or chute deflector.
• Insert the mulch plug. See Figure 12.
• Release the rear discharge door. See Figure 13.
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