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Safety • Assembly • Operation • Adjustments • Maintenance • Troubleshooting • Parts Lists • Warranty
OPERATOR’S MANUAL
Two-Stage Snow Thrower
IMPORTANT:
READ SAFETY RULES AND
INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY
BEFORE OPERATION
769-03268
60 Ottawa Street South, KITCHENER, ONTARIO N2G 4J1
PRINTED IN U.S.A.
07/10/07
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This Operator’s Manual is an important part of your new snow thrower. It will help you assemble, prepare and maintain the unit for best performance. Please read and understand what it says. Table of Contents Safety Labels ...................................................... 3 Maintaining Your Snow Thrower ...................... 16 Safe Operation Practices ................................... 4 Off-Season Storage .......................................... 0 Setting Up Your Snow Thrower ....
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1 Safety Labels WARNING This symbol points out important safety instructions which, if not followed, could endanger the per- sonal safety and/or property of yourself and others. Read and follow all instructions in this manual before attempting to operate this machine. Failure to comply with these instructions may A chute clean-out tool is fastened to the top result in personal Chute Clean-out of the auger housing with a mounting clip. The Tool injury. When you see tool is de
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WARNING: Engine Exhaust, some of its constituents, and certain vehicle compo- nents contain or emit chemicals known to State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. DANGER: This machine was built to be operated according to the safe operation practices in this manual. As with any type of power equipment, carelessness or error on the part of the operator can result in serious injury. This machine is capable of amputating hands and feet and throwing objects
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Operation Maintenance & Storage 1. Do not put hands or feet near rotating parts, in the 1. Never tamper with safety devices. Check their proper auger/impeller housing or chute assembly. Contact with the operation regularly. Refer to the maintenance and adjust- rotating parts can amputate hands and feet. ment sections of this manual. 2. The auger/impeller control lever is a safety device. Never 2. Before cleaning, repairing, or inspecting machine disengage bypass its operation. Doing so makes
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IMPORTANT: The snow thrower is shipped with oil and WITHOUT GASOLINE. After assembly, refer to separate engine manual for proper fuel and engine oil recom- mendations. 3 Loose Parts • The augers are secured to the auger shaft with shear Setting Up pins and bow tie cotter pins. If you hit a foreign object or ice jam, the snow thrower is designed so that the Your Snow pins may shear. Replacement shear pins and cotter pins are provided for your convenience. Store these Thrower safely until
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3 Setting Up Your Snow Thrower Figure 4 Figure Attaching the Chute Assembly • Remove locknuts and screws securing one of the WARNING flange keepers to the chute assembly. See Figure 4. Prior to operating • Loosen but do not remove the locknuts and screws on the other two flange keepers. your snow thrower, • Slide chute assembly over chute opening, making refer to Auger Control sure the flange keepers are beneath lip of chute on page 9. Read and adapter. The notches should engage wit
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Drift Cutters (If Equipped) Drift cutters should be used when operating the snow Alternator Lead thrower in heavy drift conditions. 3 Alternator • On models so equipped, drift cutters and hardware Lead are assembled to the auger housing inverted. • Remove the carriage bolts and wingnuts securing the Setting Up drift cutters to the housing. Lamp Wire • Reposition drift cutters so they face forward as shown Your Snow NOTE: Wheels are omitted from illustration for clarity. in Figure 9. Secur
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B A 3 Setting Up Auger Drive Your Snow Figure 11 Thrower • Loosen the nylock nut on the drive control cable and unthread the cable one full turn. See Figure 13. • Recheck adjustment. • Retighten the nylock nut to secure the cable when correct adjustment is reached. Figure 1 NOTE: For more details, refer to Drive Control Adjust- ment in the Adjustment Section of this manual. Auger Control WARNING Check the adjustment of the auger control as follows: • When the auger control is released and
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Know Your Snow Thrower Drive Control Shift Lever 4 Headlight Two-Way Chute Control™ Operating Auger Control Wheel Steering Gas Cap Your Snow Control Oil Fill Thrower Chute Assembly Chute Directional Control Clean-Out Tool Engine Controls Recoil Starter Handle Electric Starter Outlet Primer WARNING Ignition Key Read, understand, Choke and follow all instruc- Control Drift Cutters tions and warnings Throttle (optional) Control on the machine and in this manual before Skid Shoe operating.
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Auger Control Ignition Key The auger control is located on the left The ignition key must be inserted and snapped in place handle. Squeeze the auger control to in order for the engine to start. Remove the ignition key to engage the augers. Release to stop the prevent unauthorized use of equipment. Do NOT attempt 4 snow throwing action. The drive control to turn the key. must also be released in order to stop Chute Clean-Out Tool auger. WARNING: Never use your hands to Operating Drive C
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5. Once the engine starts, immediately release starter Gas & Oil Fill-Up button. Service the engine with gasoline and oil as instructed in 6. As the engine warms, slowly rotate the choke control the separate engine manual packed separately with your to the OFF position. If the engine falters, quickly rotate snow thrower. Read instructions carefully. 4 the choke control back to FULL and then slowly into Starting The Engine the OFF position again. 1. Attach spark plug wire to spark plug. Ma
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To Engage Drive Operating Tips 1. With the engine running near top speed, move NOTE: Allow the engine to warm up for a few minutes. shift lever to one of six FORWARD positions or two The engine will not develop full power until it reaches REVERSE positions. Select a speed appropriate for operating temperature. 4 the snow conditions that exist. WARNING: The temperature of the 2. Squeeze drive control against the right handle and muffler and the surrounding areas may the snow thrower will
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Making Adjustments Figure 1 Shift Rod WARNING If the full range of speeds (forward and reverse) cannot Figure 16 be achieved, refer to Figure 15 and adjust the shift rod as follows: Read, understand, 1. Looking underneath the handle panel, note which and follow all instruc- of the three holes in the shift lever the ferrule is tions and warnings inserted into. Also note the direction of insertion. on the machine and Then remove the internal cotter pin and flat washer from the ferrule
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Skid Shoes The space between the shave plate and the ground can be adjusted by raising or lowering the skid shoes. For close snow removal, as when using on a smooth 5 concrete or asphalt driveway, place the skid shoes in the low position. Use the middle or high position when the area to be cleared is uneven. When operating on gravel, Making always put skid shoes in the high position. See Figure 18. Adjustments Adjust skid shoes as follows: 1. Loosen, but do not remove, the hex flange lockn
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Lubrication Drive and Shifting Mechanism At least once a season or after every 25 hours of opera- Gear tion, remove rear cover. Lubricate any chains, sprockets, (Hex) 6 gears, bearings, shafts, and the shifting mechanism at Shaft Friction least once a season. Use engine oil or a spray lubricant. Wheel Refer to Figure 20. Maintaining IMPORTANT: Keep all grease and oil off the rubber friction wheel and drive plate. Your Snow Wheels Thrower At least once a season, remove both wheels. Clean
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2. Remove the plastic belt cover, located near the Replacing Belts engine, by removing the three self-tapping screws To remove and replace either the auger belt or the drive that secure it. See Figure 23. belt, follow the steps below and then proceed to the 3. a. Loosen the bolt shown in Figure 24 securing the specific steps listed under respective sub-headings. 6 belt keeper bracket and remove the other bolt. b. Push the belt keeper and bracket up off the 1. Disconnect the chute crank a
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6 Maintaining Your Snow Thrower Figure 29 Figure 28 Adapter b 9. a. Using a 1/2” wrench, remove the hex screw and washer from the center of the pulley on the auger housing. See Figure 30. b. Lift the brake bracket assembly out of the pulley groove WARNING c. Remove the pulley. 10. Remove and replace auger belt inside belt keepers. Always stop engine, 11. Apply Loctite 262 to the threads of the hex screw used disconnect spark for mounting the auger pulley. plug, and ground 12. Reasse
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Changing Friction Wheel Rubber • Drain the gasoline from the snow thrower, or place a piece of plastic under the gas Friction 6 Wheel cap. Assembly • Tip the snow thrower up and forward, so Remove hex that it rests on the housing. Slide screw and Maintaining hex shaft washer • Remove screws from the frame cover Hex Shaft underneath the snow thrower. See Figure Your Snow 16. Thrower • Remove the right wheel from the axle. • Using a 3/4” wrench, hold the hex shaft and remove the hex
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Observe the following, when preparing your snow thrower for off-season storage: • Drain fuel into an approved container outdoors, away from any open flame. Allow engine to cool. Extinguish cigarettes, cigars, pipes and other sources of ignition prior to draining fuel. Fuel left in engine during warm weather deteriorates and will cause serious starting Off-Season problems. • If unit is to be stored over 30 days, prepare for storage Storage as instructed in the separate engine manual pac
