Assembling Your Lawn Mower - Troy-Bilt 466 Operator's Manual

SECTION 3: ASSEMBLING YOUR LAWNMOWER
Removing UnitFromCarton
• Remove staples, break glue on top flaps or cut tape
at carton end and peel along top flap to open
carton.
• Remove loose parts if included with unit (i.e.,
operator's manual, hardware pack etc.).
• Cut corners and lay carton down flat. Remove
packing material.
• Roll or slide unit out of carton. Check carton
thoroughly for loose parts.
NOTE: Make sure not to crimp cables while removing
loose parts or the entire unit from the carton.
ToolsRequired
• Pair of Pliers
• Funnel
• Set of adjustable wrenches
Disconnecting S parkPlug
• Before setting up your lawn mower, disconnect the
spark plug wire from the spark plug, and ground it to
a bolt. See Figure 1.
Wire Spark Plug
Raise the lower handle, as shown in Figure 2, till it
snaps into place.
Raise the upper handle as shown in Figure 2.
Tighten the two wing nuts which are already on the
handle. See Figure 3.
Tignh;enn_s hese
Figure 3
NOTE: Make sure to route the cables outside the lower
handle. Also do not crimp the cables while lifting the
handle up.
Pull the drive control handle all the way back.
While holding the drive control handle, hook the "Z"
end of the drive cable into the bottom hole of the
drive control handle from inside to outside. See
Figure 4.
Drive Control
Handle
Figure 1
NOTE: Reference to right or/eft hand side of the mower
is observed from the operating position.
Assembling Handle
• For shipping purposes, the grass bag was placed
on top of the unit. Remove it from the unit and set it
out of the way. See Figure 2.
Lower Handle Lift lower handle
\
Grass Bag
Lift
handle
Figure 4
Remove the hairpin clip from the outer hole of the
weld pins on the handle mounting brackets.
Using a pair of pliers, insert the hairpin clip into the
inner hole in the weld pin. Repeat on the other side.
See Figure 5.
Hairpin Clip_
Inner Hole
Figure 2
Figure 5