Mantis 7262 Operator's & Parts Manual page 7

Assembly
HOW TO ASSEMBLE
LOWER HANDLES
To identify part numbers, see
pages 6 and 19.
1. Use the protective cardboard
sleeve to stabilize your tiller.
Stand the engine assembly (#21)
up. (Picture 1)
2. Lay the handle parts within easy
reach. You'll need one of the
handle clamps (#51) and one of
the lower handles (#6). Note that
the lower handles have a short leg
on one end.
3. Fit the handle clamp along the
outside of the short leg. Line up
the holes on the clamp and the leg.
4. Choose one of the two 3-inch
bolts (#49). Slide it through the
first set of holes — near the
elbow where the lower handle
curves. (Pictures 2 & 3)
5. Now slide the other lower handle
onto the 3-inch bolt. Fit the other
NOTE: THE LOCK NUTS ARE STAMPED. FINGER TIGHT IS
APPROXIMATELY 1/2 TO 1-1/2 TURNS.
Picture 3
(continued)
clamp onto this other
handle's short leg. Add a nut
and tighten finger tight.
(Picture 3)
6. Locate the worm gear
housing. It starts just above
— and extends down through
— the tiller's red fender
guard. You'll notice that
there's a recessed channel on
either side of the housing's top.
(Picture 4.)
7. Take the lower handles that you've
just put together. Slide them into
the two recessed channels.
(Picture 5.)
Make sure you insert them from
the rear of the tiller (gasoline tank
faces away from the operator)... so
that the bolt fits along the back of
the housing.
8. Slide the second 3-inch bolt
through the second set of holes in
the short legs. Add a nut and
tighten finger tight.
Picture 4 Picture 5
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