User manual MTD 2055-9

[. . . ] Call 1- (330) 220-4MTD (4683) or 1- (800)-800-7310 to reach a Customer Support representative. Please have your unit’s model number and serial number ready when you call. See previous section to locate this information. You will be asked to enter the serial number in order to process your call. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY Restrict the use of this accessory and the tractor to persons who read, understand and follow the warnings and instructions in this manual and on the machine. [. . . ] • Slide the support tube, attached to the grass bag cover, down through the hole on the left side of the mounting brackets. Make sure the tube passes through both holes of the bracket. Figure 8 • Align the holes on the hinges of the grass bag cover with the corresponding holes on the support tube assembly. Insert the clevis pin through the hinge on the support tube assembly and then through the grass bag cover. Secure with belleville washer and hairpin clip with the crown side of the washer going against the hairpin clip. Repeat with the second set of hardware through the second hinge of the grass bag and the tube assembly from the opposite direction. See Figure 7. • • • NOTE: It is very important to maintain this order and direction while installing these hardware pieces. After installation, make sure that the grass bag cover pivots on the support tube and opens. Holes Support Tube Clevis Pin Bell Washer Click Pin Attaching Discharge Chute • • Raise the deck to its highest position. On older models: Remove the clip, if already installed on the deck next to the discharge chute Mounting Bracket Figure 7 5 opening, by removing the lock nut, spring washer and hex bolt that secure it. See Figure 9A. Cutting Deck Hex Lock Nut Spring Washer Clip deck. See Figure 10. Chute Deflector A C B A C Pin B A Hex Bolt Retainer Strap Figure 10 Grass catcher Pin Deck B Nut • • • • Figure 9 Lower the deck to its lowest position. Secure with the hairpin clip removed earlier. Figure 13 • Reinsert the clevis pin through the aligned holes in both the bracket assembly and the hitch plate and secure with the hairpin clip. Refer to Figure 6. • • IMPORTANT: There are two holes in the clevis pin. Be sure to insert the hairpin clip in the upper hole to properly secure the bracket assembly to the hitch plate. Attaching the Grass catcher Cover and Bags • Place the grass catcher cover assembly’s support tube in position on the rear of unit by sliding the support tube down through the holes in the left side of the bracket assembly. Use the inside hole on the bracket assembly regardless of what size deck your tractor is equipped with. Place the grass catcher cover assembly in position so that the support tube rests on the right side of the bracket assembly. Allow the plastic cover to rest in the “open” position. Attach the grass bags using the slots shown in Figure 14. Close the grass catcher cover. • • • • • • IMPORTANT: Be sure to insert the hairpin clip in the upper hole of the clevis pin. Attaching Grass Bag & Cover • Follow instructions for Model Series 600 and 610 tractors, given earlier. 7 Mounting Bracket • Support Bracket Self-Tapping Screw Nut Mount the SMALLER of the three blades to the CENTER spindle. The remaining two blades are interchangeable. IMPORTANT: Use a torque wrench to tighten the blade Shoulder Bolt spindle hex flange nut to between 70 foot-pounds and 90 foot-pounds. • Remount the cutting deck. Attaching Discharge Chute Bell Washer Hitch Plate Follow instructions on page 5 of this manual. Operation • Open the grass bag cover by lifting the cover up. Do not remove the chute tube assembly from the tractor. [. . . ] Service completed by someone other than an authorized service dealer is not covered by this warranty. Transportation charges and service calls are not covered. No implied warranty, including any implied warranty of merchantability of fitness for a particular purpose, applies after the applicable period of express written warranty above as to the parts as identified. No other express warranty, whether written or oral, except as mentioned above, given by any person or entity, including a dealer or retailer, with respect to any product, shall bind MTD LLC. During the period of the warranty, the exclusive remedy is repair or replacement of the product as set forth above. [. . . ]