Sears 486.248463 User Manual

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FIGURE 19

RIGHT FRONT CORNER VIEW

• Coat the top of the ring around the dis charge open ing

with general purpose grease. See ﬁ gure 19.

• Place the discharge chute (facing forward) onto the

discharge opening, aligning the crank rod spiral with
the notch es in the chute ﬂ ange.

• Attach the three chute keep ers (right side up as

shown in ﬁ gure 19) and the anti-rotation bracket to the
bottom of the chute ﬂ ange. Use six 1/4" x 1" hex bolts,
1/4" ﬂ at wash ers and 1/4" ﬂ anged lock nuts.

Tighten

carefully so that the plastic parts are not deformed.

See ﬁ gure 19.

• Place the plastic grip onto the back end of the anti-

rotation bracket. See ﬁ gure 19.

• Position the chute crank assembly so that the crank

rod spiral does not rub the bottoms of the notch es in
the chute ﬂ ange and then

tighten the nuts left loose

in ﬁ gure 19.

• Check if the crank rod rotates the chute freely. If not,

loosen by 1/4 turn each the six ﬂ anged nuts holding
the chute keepers to the chute ﬂ ange.

FIGURE 18

LEFT SIDE VIEW

CHUTE CRANK
ASSEMBLY

5/16" LOCK
WASHER

5/16" HEX NUT

5/16" x 1"
CARRIAGE BOLT

5/16"FLAT
WASHER

ANTI-ROTATION
BRACKET

CHUTE
KEEPER

1/4" FLANGED
LOCK NUT

1/4" x 1"
HEX BOLT

PLASTIC
GRIP

FLANGE

GREASED
SURFACE

1/4" FLAT
WASHER

MOUNTING SNOW THROWER TO TRACTOR

NOTE: The help of another person may be re quired to

mount the snow thrower to the front of the tractor.

• Place the tractor and snow thrower on a ﬂ at, level

surface.

• Remove the plastic tie from the auger belt and extend

the belt out behind the snow thrower, making sure the
belt remains as sem bled around the top of the large
auger drive pulley and passing un der neath the two
side idler pulleys.

• Align the tractor behind the snow thrower.
• Remove the attachment pin from the snow thrower.
• Squeeze the release trigger on the lift handle and

raise the handle out of the locked position. (If the
handle will not release out of the locked position,
refer to the Service and Adjustments section of this
manual.)

• Grasp the round bar just behind the auger drive pulley

and lift up to align the rear mounting notches on the
snow thrower with the mount ing pins on the tractor.
Slide the pins into the notches.

HINT: If you are unable to ﬁ t the mounting pins into

the notches, try placing 1" or 2" blocks of wood under
the front skid shoes on the snow thrower.

• Assemble a 3/4" washer and a 1/8" hairpin clip to

each mounting pin.

• Secure the snow thrower to the tractor using the

at tach ment pin and 1/8" hairpin clip. Insert the
attachment pin from the left side. See ﬁ gure 20.

FIGURE 20

RIGHT SIDE VIEW

3/4" FLAT
WASHER

ATTACHMENT PIN

1/8" HAIRPIN CLIP

MOUNTING
PIN