User manual MTD OEM-190-182A

[. . . ] It was carefully engineered to provide excellent performance when properly operated and maintained. It instructs you how to safely and easily set up, operate and maintain this attachment. Please be sure that you, and any other persons who will operate the machine, carefully follow the recommended safety practices at all times. All information in this manual is relative to the most recent product information available at the time of printing. [. . . ] Section 2 — Important Safe Operation Practices 5 6 Sight and hold this level with a vertical tree. Or a fence post Fold alo ng dotte d line (r epresen ts Section 2 — Important Safe Operation Practices a 10° sl ope) 10° Use this page as a guide to determine slopes where you may not operate safely. Do not operate your lawn mower with a bagger attachment on such slopes. Do not mow on inclines with a slope in excess of 10 degrees (a rise of approximately six inches every 10 feet). A riding mower with a bagger attachment could overturn and cause serious injury. Operate riding mowers up and down slopes, never across the face of slopes. Contents of Carton 3 Before beginning installation, remove all parts from the carton to make sure everything is present. } Center) Upright Support (683-04519) Figure 3-1 7 CONTENTS OF HARDWARE PACK This grass collector kit is shipped with three loose hardware packs enclosed and one hardware pack included in the mounting bracket kit. Hardware Pack included with 689-00080 Hardware Pack 689-00091 (1) (1) (1) (711-05063) (1) (710-3008) (710-0276) (1) (2) (736-0204) (712-04063) (1) Hardware Pack 689-00087 (4) (710-3008) (714-04040) (1) (2) (711-0309A) (726-3046) (4) (1) (712-04063) (714-0117) (1) (711-04069) (1) (712-04064) (723-04008A) 8 Section 3— Contents of Carton Assembly & Installation 700 Series Tractors Only If you are assembling this bagger unit for use on any model 700 series tractor you will need to install the two tractor mounting brackets packed in your bagger kit. If you are installing this bagger unit on any other tractor, disregard these steps and move to Assemble Mounting Brackets on the next page. To install these brackets on a model 700 series tractor, follow these steps: 1. Install a shoulder bolt from your hardware pack on each bracket, securing them with flange lock nuts also included in the hardware pack. Place a new blade on each spindle so that side of the blade with part number faces the ground when the mower is in the operating position. Use a torque wrench to tighten the hex flange nut between 70 to 90 foot-pounds. Move the wood block to either the left or right blade for stabilization and remove and replace the center blade so that side of the blade with part number faces the ground when the mower is in the operating position. Side View For all other models NOTE: Save the three blades you just removed to use as replacements or to reinstall on the blade spindles when not using the bagger kit. Figure 4-5 Note: The holes closest to the mounting hooks are to be used for all 700 model series machines, while the two holes closest to the cross mount are for all other models. The hitch support bracket will need to be flipped to enable alignment of the proper holes depending on the model of machine this bagger is being installed on. 10 Section 4 — Assembly & Installation Assembling The Support Assembly Locate the upright support bracket and the bag support assembly. Lay the bag support assembly topside down with the mounting bracket portion facing upwards. Insert the notched end of the vertical support bracket into the bag support assembly, as in Fig. 4-6, and secure with a 5/16-18 carriage bolt and 5/16-18 flange lock nut. [. . . ] Routine maintenance items such as lubricants, filters, blade sharpening, tune-ups, brake adjustments, clutch adjustments, deck adjustments, and normal deterioration of the exterior finish due to use or exposure. MTD does not extend any warranty for products sold or exported outside of the United States and/or Canada, and their respective possessions and territories, except those sold through MTD’s authorized channels of export distribution. 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. [. . . ]